Germany, which overcame its initial reluctance to support Ukraine to become the country’s biggest European supplier of military aid, looks poised to change course as the finance minister said the government would slash future assistance by half in order to fulfill other spending priorities.

That appeared to be Berlin’s unequivocal message to Ukraine on Wednesday as the government detailed its preliminary 2025 budget, in which military aid to Ukraine is slated to be cut by half to just €4 billion, according to a draft seen by POLITICO.

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  • bassomitron@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Sooo… All that talk at the NATO summit literally like 2 weeks ago was just complete bullshit?

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      6 months ago

      No. However, the FDP are basically terrorists at this point and will stop at nothing to praise the „Schwarze Null“

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        6 months ago

        Don’t confuse the Schuldenbremse and the Schwarze Null

        At least they allow for some debt - not like the CDU that celebrated their Schwarze Null in times where Germany would’ve made a profit from lending money at negative rates

        FDP is still a terrorist party at the moment though