The Ministry of defence of the Federal Republic of Germany is not going to increase the budget for the NATO requirement
The head of the Ministry of defense of Germany Ursula von der Leyen said in the broadcast channel that is not going to increase the budget of his office, the NATO requirement in connection with the crises in Ukraine and Iraq, but also to reduce the budget will not, informs printed illustrated edition.
" The Bundeswehr is currently well-equipped and fully prepared to participate in hostilities. Germany currently invests 1, 3% of GDP in defence, and this percentage is not obliged to fall, " she said, noting that he was not going to follow the requirements of NATO to increase military expenditures to 2% of GDP. By her expression, " the ultimate goal of the FRG is the consolidated budget and a healthy financial system and a healthy economy in the long term will win and the defense budget."
According to the journal, in connection with the conclusion of the NATO summit von der Leyen going to discuss military spending and the progress of the current political crisis with the German Parliament. According to the magazine, the head of the SPD faction in the Bundestag Thomas Oppermann also sees no need to increase military spending: " I don't see any financial scope for increasing the defense budget, no need for this. Now money not spent completely. The task of the Secretary of defense to ensure optimum use of these resources.
first at the final press conference of the summit, NATO Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that NATO members must move from the reduction of military budgets to increase in a volatile world ", and asked in a persistent form from the member countries of the Commonwealth to spend More than 2% of GDP on its military. Now only the US, UK and Estonia fulfill this requirement in full force.
Vladimir Yevseyev, Director of the Center for public policy research, for MIA " Russia today ": September 4-5, 2014 In Wales hosted the NATO summit. Instead of tackling the real issues caused by the necessity of the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan and permission Iraqi, Syrian and Libyan crises, the summit participants were interested in a meaningless fight against a mythical Russian threat. While Moscow, which the day before had submitted acceptable to the parties plan for a peaceful resolution of the conflict situation in the East of Ukraine, the dialogue is not even invited. On the contrary participant of the summit was the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, immensely happy for the opportunity to become closer to the West, even by substantial territorial losses, the collapse of the national economy and the impoverishment of the inhabitants of their own country.