Two years ago, four days after the general attack that Vladimir Putin had just launched against Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced “a turning point’ He added 100 billion euros to his military spending! This corresponded to an increase of 25% per year, over several years. The Germans were at 1.53% of their GDP in defense credits, they will exceed 2% this year.
And they want to continue. To be sure, the Chancellor changed Defense Ministers from the start of 2023. He did not choose a new man, he wanted a faithful and confirmed minister: Boris Pistorius. Born in Lower Saxony in March 1960, he has just turned 64. He was 30 when Germany reunified in 1990. “Yes,” he declared at the annual security conference held in Munich in February, “I am a child of the Cold War. I remember…” He was born in LowerSaxony inMarch 1960. He has just turn 64.