Lindner: Billions in scope for the defense budget from 2028. Germany will achieve minimum share of gross domestic product stipulated in NATO (two percent target) for the first time this year.

The federal government has also promised that from now on Germany will make a maximum of two percent of the Gross Domestic Product available on average for a multi-year loan. Germany has declared military turning point to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Russia is now again classified as a threat and there are warnings that Kremlin could also attack other European states.