This year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to build Europe’s strongest army – a tall order for a country whose military has undergone years of neglect.
The coalition government is hoping a new bill agreed upon last week will help make this a reality, bolstering Germany’s forces in the face of the perceived threat from Russia and a significant shift in US foreign policy.
The sweeping new reforms will see Germany attempt to boost its numbers to 260,000 soldiers, up from around 180,000 currently, in addition to an extra 200,000 reservists, by 2035.
Friendly reminder that there’s a provision in the UN charter for members of the security council to engage in acts of war without approval from other members against WW2 axis powers if they reinstate policies of aggression.
Sure, it’s not like the rest of Europe is going along with the nazism.
Didn’t you get the message? The rules based world order is out of the window, now we are back to might makes right.
we never left; we just pretend that we didn’t do might makes right.
That means less than the Budapest accords.
Members of the security council constantly engage in acts of war without approval from other members.