Ein leichtes, geschütztes Fahrzeug der Bundeswehr vom Typ MOWAG Eagle IV 4x4. Informationslehrübung ILÜ Landoperationen 2014 auf den Truppenübungsplätzen Munster und Bergen. Munster Niedersachsen Deutschland *** A light protected vehicle of the Bundeswehr of the type MOWAG Eagle IV 4x4 information training exercise ILÜ land operations 2014 at the military training areas Munster and Bergen Munster Lower Saxony Germany

The difficult messages never end for the federal government. The German Economic Institute (IW) is now reporting that there will not be enough money for better equipment for the Bundeswehr; In any case, not in order to achieve the NATO goal of spending two percent of economic output on defense. And that with a “special fund”, meaning: special debts, of 100 billion euros.

Apart from the fact that it is already difficult to spend the special fund properly; the voting processes in the government are probably not running smoothly. But now also this: According to the “Rheinische Post” there is already a considerable gap for this year and next – almost 18 billion. By 2026, the shortfall is expected to almost double.

All in all, this means that the defense budget will have to be increased sooner or later, according to the IW by a good 60 percent. How is the state, which is already under enormous strain, supposed to do that?

In view of all the ongoing challenges from war and Corona, this will be a kind of scrambling of the ball for every finance minister. So rather not to create. Something else the government will have to explain, both nationally and internationally. The difficult messages never end.