German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius visits the Bundeswehr tank school in Munster, Germany, on February 20, 2023. © Global Look Press / dpa / Carsten Hoffmann
B92: No manpower, no weapons... And Berlin would fall
New German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Monday that Germany's military is not ready to defend the country if it is attacked.
"We do not have armed forces capable of defending the country against a brutal offensive and an aggressive war," he said, during a meeting with members of his Social Democratic Party (SPD).
According to him, Germany's Bundeswehr armed forces are undermanned thanks to decades of neglect by the federal government. Therefore, he believes that Germany will have to invest much more in defense in order to reach NATO standards.
The highest-ranking officer of the Bundeswehr, Lieutenant General Alfons Mais, confirmed Pistorius's words in fact, when he declared that even the 100 billion euros earmarked for the German army by Chancellor Olaf Scholz will not be enough for the Bundeswehr to be capable of waging war.
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