“Steinmeyer’s” emphasis on the necessity of high investment in the military field

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting from the “Spiegel” weekly, “Frank “Walter Stein”, the Federal President of Germany, has pledged to invest more in the defense field. We must invest in our defense and strengthen our alliance. In his speech at the state ceremony of the 75th anniversary of the promulgation of the Constitution, he said: This requires financial resources. to a strong society; A strong society that values ​​freedom is ready to face threats to freedom and shows cohesion.

Steinmeier said in another part of his speech about the repeated dispute over more money for the German army: We have to Prepare for it: We will have no less, if not more, debates in the next few years. The fight for financial resources and with it for what is important to us will become harder.

The German Federal President also discussed the debate on military service in his speech. Steinmeier said: Military security and social resilience both belong together. This is why we should not shy away from discussing forms of military service and other services for our society, but rather lead and bring them together.

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a new debate In Germany, there has been talk of bringing back conscription. In Germany’s so-called traffic light government coalition, primarily the Social Democratic Party agrees with this issue and agrees with it. Boris Pistorius, the German Minister of Defense, is reviewing the military service model. However, the Greens and the Liberal Democratic Party have so far expressed their opposition to this issue.

Furthermore, there is currently a disagreement within the Traffic Light Coalition and even the Social Democratic Party itself over the defense budget. has it. “Boris Pistorius”, the German Minister of Defense, in the 2025 federal budget, requested an additional budget of at least 6.5 billion euros for the German army. On the other hand, Christian Lindner, the Minister of Finance of Germany strongly rejects this issue.

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