Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Why is Germany trying to build ‘Europe’s strongest conventional army’?
After Trump’s aggressive campaign to annex Greenland, Europeans seem to
have lost confidence in the long-term ally. Those who value NATO and the EU are
now seriously supporting the formation of a European NATO. Germany has already
started reinforcing its military force, the Bundeswehr. It is going to spend over
100 billion euros on the defense budget, twice the 2021 spending, equivalent to
2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) this year. Also, starting from this year, all
German men turning 18 are required to fill out a digital survey about their
personal details, physical fitness, education, and willingness to serve in
the Bundeswehr, and also to attend a mandatory medical examination to
check their fitness for military service. The country pledged to increase its
active duty personnel to 260,000 within a decade from the 184,000 troops it has
now. Germany is situated in the center of Europe, and was the hot spot in World
War I, World War II, and the Cold War. It is now strengthening its armed forces
to cope with a new threat from the east.
Read the article and learn why and how Germany is reinforcing its military
forces.
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