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Germany: defense budget will reach 42.9 billion
Defense minister's will see to increase the funds for the armed forces
![Ursula von der Layen German Ministry of Defence](https://avionews.it/resources/big/de298e8b189e2f1cf72038622613937d.jpg.webp)
The German Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz has endorsed to increase the budget allocated to expenditure for the German armed forces, reaching a budget of about 42.9 billion euros for 2019. An increase in military spending of 4 billion more than in 2018 and 675 million more than the budget that had been foreseen for next year. A victory by the Minister of Defence Ursula von der Leyen, who had been asking...
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