Germany’s armed forces will get a much-needed financial boost, after the cabinet approved the country’s annual budget for 2025. But the €1 billion increase is much less than the defense minister asked for – and comes at a cost. Aid to Ukraine will be slashed, as well as funding for foreign service and humanitarian programmes.
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00:00 Germany’s 2025 budget, who gets more and who has to do more with less.
02:14 Benjamin Tallis is a politics and security analyst with the Democratic Strategy Initiative
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