I cannot not rule out that once the fund is exhausted, German defence spending will fall
Media mentions – German foreign policy leadership
The turning point was the German government’s difficult decision to hand over the Leopards
“We are in a process of relearning what security and defence policy is all about” Rafael Loss assesses the progress of Germany’s Zeitenwende
This turnaround is similar to what we feel throughout the West when we talk about the end of the end of history, that the world of globalisation and the dominance of liberal democracy is passing
If Europeans fail in their collective effort to mobilise even 62 Leopard 2 tanks for Ukraine […] it would be nothing less than a declaration of strategic bankruptcy
Gustav Gressel, Rafael Loss and Jana Puglierin being quoted on their Leopard Plan
In the area of artillery we are looking at timelines of between two to four years
The longer you leave this money lying around somewhere, the longer factors like inflation and interest payments will eat up this stock