The Bundestag is discussing the budget for 2025 this week. The Federal Audit Office is calling for transparency regarding "defense-related" infrastructure spending and a revision of the timeline for the special fund.
By Wilhelmine Stenglin
Hartpunkt reported that France claimed 80% of the work orders for the production of the fighter jet at the heart of the program. An insider disagrees.
By Gabriel Bub
Acts of sabotage on undersea cables and substations show that Germany's critical infrastructure is exposed to real physical threats. Andreas Beerbaum from the digitalization and security company Hexagon criticizes the lack of an overarching protection concept.
By Andreas Beerbaum
The countries in North Africa are pursuing different goals and strategies in the Gaza conflict. Domestically, solidarity with the Palestinians could cause problems.
By David Renke and Mirco Keilberth
Next Tuesday, the Defense Committee will discuss a law that aims to approve wind energy projects more quickly. Military concerns should then also be taken into account when modifying existing plants.
By Lisa-Martina Klein
The coalition between SPD and CDU/CSU is showing an increasing lack of transparency in the approval of arms expenditure, says Sebastian Schäfer, budget policy spokesperson for the Green parliamentary group in the Bundestag. In view of the current security situation, he finds this worrying.
By Markus Bickel
Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa will meet with President Maia Sandu in Chișinău on Friday for their first EU-Moldova summit. The delicate question looming over the gathering will be whether Moldova can begin accession negotiations independently of Ukraine.
By Stephan Israel
The Bundeswehr's Cyber Innovation Hub presented innovations in the field of Software Defined Defense on Thursday. The ten projects were developed by Bundeswehr soldiers.
By Nana Brink
During the 2016 US election campaign, Johnnie Moore organized the support of US evangelicals for Donald Trump. For the past four weeks, he has headed the controversial aid organization Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
By Markus Bickel
