robador51@lemmy.ml to Europe@lemmy.ml · 10 days agoTusk: Right now, 500 million Europeans are begging 300 million Americans for protection from 140 million Russians who have been unable to overcome 50 million Ukrainians for three yearswww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkTusk: Right now, 500 million Europeans are begging 300 million Americans for protection from 140 million Russians who have been unable to overcome 50 million Ukrainians for three yearswww.politico.eurobador51@lemmy.ml to Europe@lemmy.ml · 10 days agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoAnd Germany is taking on 1 trillion Euros in new debt to protect against Russia, which is currently spending less on its military than the EU, while fighting a war.
minus-squarePrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 days agocitation needed. I’ve seen the €800b figure but that’s the EU as a whole, not Germany on its own
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoGermany is currently planning a “whatever it takes” spending plan of 500 billion for infrastructure projects and an equally high, but potentially unlimited amount for defense. https://www.ft.com/content/ee20978f-bbcd-4616-954c-7749dc5334fd
And Germany is taking on 1 trillion Euros in new debt to protect against Russia, which is currently spending less on its military than the EU, while fighting a war.
citation needed.
I’ve seen the €800b figure but that’s the EU as a whole, not Germany on its own
Germany is currently planning a “whatever it takes” spending plan of 500 billion for infrastructure projects and an equally high, but potentially unlimited amount for defense.
https://www.ft.com/content/ee20978f-bbcd-4616-954c-7749dc5334fd
So ok, that’s not one trillion.