The German Armed Forces Association demands from CDU chief Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer that she cares more about her job as defense minister after the CDU party congress. "So far, everyone understood that they were new, they had to spend a lot of energy for the party," said union leader André Wüstner the SPIEGEL, "that's over with the party congress."
The chairman of the largest interest representation of the soldiers warned Kramp-Karrenbauer, the soldiers of the Bundeswehr expected a commander, who fully focused on the concerns of the troops. "If they want to justify their trust, their new focus in the future must be the Bundeswehr," said Wüstner.
The minister would have to start a "Mission IBuK First". The abbreviation stands within the Bundeswehr for the "owner of the command and command authority".
Michael Kappeler / DPA
André Wüstner: "He who stops, he falls back"
Worried Wüstner observed that under Kramp-Karrenbauer because of the dual role as CDU leader and defense minister in the military department urgent problems remained unprocessed. "In the Department of Defense or in security policy, it's like the famous rowing against the tide," said the lieutenant colonel, "who stops, he falls back."
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