Germany/Military

Germany/Military  (Armed Forces)

The armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany.

 

Related Quotations

Page	Quote	Author	Date
Franziska Brantner	“The EU should now invest boldly in its military capabilities, cyber-defences, energy independence, and economic resilience...The implementation of the resulting measures should be collaborative and should not merely address national capability gaps...European sovereignty requires joint efforts to safeguard access to critical raw materials and global supply chains. ...These investments need to happen quickly. This would also send a signal to rivals such as China that the EU is not only an economic power – it is also a geopolitical actor that knows how to use its strengths to assert its values and interests.”	Franziska Brantner 'Franziska Brantner	March 2022
German Council on Foreign Relations	“DGAP is an insupportable lobbying organization, especially insupportable because we co-finance it as taxpayers. Recently, one of these experts appeared in a television news program again, who are presented in order to (allegedly) disseminate a well-founded opinion. It was about more money for the military, and the quoted expert was Christian Mölling from the German Council on Foreign Relations. This is a lobbying organization that is funded to a considerable extent by us taxpayers and gives the impression that it represents the public interest and thus also the interest of all of us. Mölling is the head of the Center for Security and Defense at the DGAP. Typical for his publications is a DGAP memo with the title: "Defense Budget 2024: The budget is increasing – and not enough yet". The text speaks of a "gaping gap in defense spending". Propaganda for more armaments by publicly paid so-called experts.”	Albrecht Müller	30 November 2023
Wolfgang Ischinger	“"The need for equipment and ammunition for the Bundeswehr and Ukraine is urgent and huge...Therefore, appropriate priorities must be set." Ischinger also sees a political reason to speak of a "war economy": "Apparently too many have not yet understood that we are only at the beginning of a turning point and that there is actually a real war in the middle of Europe, the end of which unfortunately is not foreseeable.”	Wolfgang Ischinger	21 November 2022
Roderich Kiesewetter	“If Europe wants to complete the energy transition, it needs its own lithium deposits. The largest lithium deposits in Europe are located in the Donetsk-Lugansk region. (...) So we also have completely different goals in the background here. And that is why we need a united effort of citizens so that our policy has the backing to do more for Ukraine....In doing so, it (Ukraine) is waging a proxy war.”	Roderich Kiesewetter	December 2023

 

Employees on Wikispooks

Employee	Job	Appointed	End	Description
Gerd Bastian	Soldier	1956	1980
Gerd-Helmut Komossa	Soldier	1956	March 1985
Friedrich Ruge	Inspector of the Navy	June 1956	August 1961	Attended Bilderberg/1961 as outgoing Commander of the West-German Navy.

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