Germany’s request to form the European Defense Union

according to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency According to the German publication “De Sight”, German Foreign Minister Analena Baerbok has requested the formation of a European Defense Union. . He emphasized: Europe should be able to better defend itself regardless of who is in power in the United States.

Analna Baerbock, the German Foreign Minister also requested an increase between The amount of 100 billion euros has become a special fund for the German army. Before the start of the Munich security conference, he called for more European cooperation in the field of defense. This German official said: “In the next few years, the issue of military support for Ukraine will no longer be an issue. We Europeans must be able to defend ourselves better.”

according to Baerbok, we finally need a security and defense union that strengthens the European pillar in NATO. “It has to be done at the scale of our economic size, and regardless of who governs the United States,” he said. According to Baerbok, the investment in this “generational project” cannot be included in the one-year budget and debt brake. He called for the purchase, development and joint strategic industrial cooperation of Europe. He added: Each EU country can contribute to its “special national strengths”. For Germany, he mentioned Germany’s knowledge in air defense or army.

The recent threat of former US President Donald Trump, who is seeking re-election, Denial of military aid to offending NATO members has fueled debate over long-term increases in defense spending. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius also supported the permanent increase of the German defense budget in this situation and said that the special fund is no longer his “favorite” option.

“Stephen Hebstreit, the spokesman of the German government, also emphasized on Wednesday that the two percent goal of NATO must be achieved after 2028 and the expiration of the 100 billion euro special loan from the regular federal budget. In 2024, Germany will achieve the goal of NATO countries to spend two percent of their economic production on defense by adding funds from the federal budget and special funds.

Boris Pistorius, the German Minister of Defense, pointed out on Thursday that it is easier to talk about burden sharing by allocating two percent of GDP to the defense budget.

Pistorius He tried not to introduce this German participation as a mere reaction to the possible President Donald Trump. Europe must do more to defend itself, regardless of who is in the White House after January 2025, he said. According to him, America will increase its commitment in the Pacific Ocean anyway.

German Defense Minister also said: burden sharing does not refer only to money, but to skills It also refers to commitments. Pistorius said: “Our aim should be to be, together with others, the backbone of deterrence and conventional defense in Europe.”

In addition, according to Pistorius, Germany wants Act as a logistics center in Europe. He emphasized: This issue will be tested in the next few weeks during the big NATO exercise “Sturdy Defender”, when more than 30,000 American troops are expected to cross the Atlantic Ocean and, most importantly, North Sea ports, and through Germany. reach the deployment area in Poland.

The governments of Berlin, The Hague and Warsaw recently agreed to build a “model corridor” for this purpose. The goal is to speed up border traffic through uniform procedures and secure information exchange, as well as creating parking and refueling options along the routes.

The German Defense Minister recently also responded to Donald Trump’s recent anti-NATO statements, while considering these positions as dangerous, said that Europe should expect anything and do more in the field of self-defense.

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Recently, for the first time in three decades, the German government reported to NATO that it will achieve the planned defense spending of two percent of GDP this year. slow