The German Parliament gave the green light to allocate billions of funds to upgrade weapons

according to the international group Tasnim news agency, while After the decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court, Germany has faced a severe crisis in terms of funding for the future, but has still considered large sums of money for upgrading weapons.

According to “De Sight” publication, the budget committee of the German parliament has given the green light for several large weapons projects worth more than six billion euros. As announced in a meeting of responsible officials and experts on Wednesday, this budget includes the purchase of so-called light attack helicopters and guided missiles for air defense. A framework agreement for the production and delivery of up to 350,000 pieces of artillery ammunition in 155 mm caliber also passed the committee’s table. There were eight projects in total, including encrypted telephones, Sonics underwater location display (ULD) systems, and snowmobiles.

The largest, the production and delivery of 500 The guided missile for the Patriot air defense system has a contract value of about three billion euros. A relatively smaller project is the replacement of guided missiles for the Iris-T air defense system delivered to Ukraine. A total of around 2.6 billion euros is earmarked for the purchase of 82 light attack helicopters. The procurement of light attack helicopters and the resumption of production of Patriot GEM-T missiles in Germany will sustainably strengthen the German economy and secure jobs. “This is especially good news for Bayern as an industrial location,” Klein said. , the Minister of Finance and “Robert Haubeck”, the Minister of Economy, states that the weapons systems delivered to Kiev will come from the special fund for the Bundeswehr, as stated in the text of the law in June 2022, from the 100 billion euros that was provided for The financing of important equipment projects was considered to be reimbursed.

After days of negotiations, German Chancellor Olaf Schultz on Wednesday night with his Finance Minister Christian Lindner and his deputy, Robert Haubeck (Greens), agreed on a compromise on the 2024 federal budget. Among other things, this agreement includes a sharp increase in the price of CO2, which will affect the price of gasoline and gas. Canceling the subsidy of network costs will probably lead to an increase in the price of electricity for citizens. In this sense, it is in trouble and has considered austerity policies in other sectors, including social services.

Robert Habak, Federal Minister of Economy and Vice President Azam Germany also defended the decisions of the so-called traffic light coalition for the 2024 budget against criticism. “It’s true: all the costs that this crisis has created can no longer be covered,” the Green Party politician said on ZDF’s Today Journal on Wednesday about the consequences of the Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling on budget management. If no one is allowed to incur debt and there is a political agreement not to raise taxes, then the government can provide fewer services or raise revenue. Habak said that the government has done both by reducing subsidies and saving money. According to him, unpopular but necessary additional burdens have been decided for the population. . This green politician said: And we bear this together and no one shirks their responsibility.

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