Berlin has invested hundreds of billions of euros to rearm since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and aims to play a major role within the North Atlantic Alliance, particularly as the US moves toward isolation.
Berlin has invested hundreds of billions of euros to rearm since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and aims to play a major role within the North Atlantic Alliance, particularly as the US moves toward isolation.
I don’t know about the state of the German army internally, but for sure in European scale, there are bureaucracy that hinders effectiveness. These include countries having different procurement systems, different interest and culture, and each countries have to ask permission first before their own army crosses to another country. Even if Germany and France are more prepared, intra-national bureaucracy makes defense more difficult. The European integrationists wants a more unified army, but as I’ve mentioned, layers upon layers of reasons delay things.