[Die Zeit]
The German government has removed the so-called annual NATO quota from its current draft budget. This was reported by the Reuters news agency and the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, citing government representatives. According to a government representative, this was justified by reservations from the Foreign Office [led by Baerbock/Greens, Skybird]
Baerbock also torpedoed the forming of a German national security council when it was clear that it would be headed not by her, but the chancellor's office, like on every other nation with a comparable institution. Baerbock wanted the privilige to funnel defence spendings from the defence budget into development aid in the third world and available to her own ideas of what might be good spending. Nevertheless these moneys should have been counted as part of the defence budget, even if they build roads in Africa or a water purifier in a desaster zone. Thats all increasing German defence power.
Don't ask - its the Germans, stupid.
