O that’s great—where did you hear that? I’m thinking Germany is one of the key ice breakers in the chance for peace with Russia. They were a huge economy, very well off due to having cheap Russian oil and gas and grain. And they know that NATO and the US caused the precipitous collapse of their economy. Now if they face a particularly cold winter, Scholz will either have to dump the US or dump his puny career. This is good!
NATO wants member states to spend 2% of GDP on defence 'According to information released on July 7 by NATO, 10 of 31 alliance members are achieving the current goal of spending two percent of their GDP on defense. In 2014, when the goal was first set, only three hit that mark. All members are hitting the objective of spending 20 percent of their defense spending on new equipment.
Twelve countries are spending better than 1.5 percent of GDP on defense, and only one member—Luxembourg—is spending less than one percent. The overall median is 1.87 percent for the alliance. The values for 2023 are estimates based on member reports, NATO said.
In the 16 months since Russia invaded Ukraine, NATO as a whole has also seen an overall eight percent real increase in defense spending above inflation, compared with two percent in 2022. In the same period, overall NATO member spending on equipment leaped from 8.5 percent real growth to 24.9 percent of real growth above inflation.
Julianne Smith, U.S. Ambassador to NATO, told reporters in a July 7 conference call that new, multi-domain regional defense plans that be rolled out in Vilnius. They cover a range of scenarios, including defending the Atlantic and Arctic, protecting central Europe and the Balkans, and defending southern Europe and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
In August 2023 The German government on Wednesday stepped back at the last minute from making a legal commitment to meeting NATO’s target of spending 2 percent of GDP on defense on an annual basis, according to Reuters and German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.
A government official told the news agency that a clause pledging to meet the target was deleted at short notice from Finance Minister Christian Lindner’s draft of a new budget financing law, just before the Cabinet passed it to the parliament.' instead they pledge to spend 2% on average over 5 years. They've already been criticised by the US for years for not spending at least 2 % of their budget on defence. https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-defense-change-of-plan-nato-spending/
Overall spending seems to be going how Lockheed Martin et al want it to.
Thank you. Great info and resources and thinking. It’s kind of funny to me to see these “allies” acting like various Mafia gangs in the 30’s, going after each other to consolidate their power. Just shows how the dogs will turn on each other.
The US bankrupting Germany can't be helping happy families! The Empire is already falling apart, but not quickly enough. With the arctic ice melting and Finland and Sweden joining NATO to 'help' them secure access to the oil under it and not let Russia have it (no one would dream of negotiation); it could end up with parts of Europe aligned on opposing sides. Just like the old days.
Schools is full on for German military spending actually. “NATO” isn’t the only aspect of their military expansion.
What happens WITHIN Europe when the German economy is based on growth of a war machine? And their local enemies the Polish have an even bigger army and nothing else to drive THEIR economy either.
Again— great information! Where can I read about this? I read geopolitical economics with Micheal Hudson but have not seen these developments mentioned.
Not sure which comment you're replying to https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-would-be-inappropriate-guest-brics-summit-says-russia-2023-06-22/ but Macron wants more autonomy and sees Brics as the way to a multipolar world but he'd have to leave NATO and probably the EU first. 'Macron's intent to display independence from the US or his possible interest in more cooperation with BRICS countries, it all indicates that the US is no longer what it used to be. Macron has pointed out that Western hegemony may be coming to an end because of the West's own missteps. Macron was reported to have lobbied Donald Trump to reconsider his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Agreement. And by the end of 2022, he blasted US Inflation Reduction Act. Yet the results are the same - the US does not listen. Worse, with the US profiting from the Ukraine crisis and shifting the burden to Europe, as a major European power, it is impossible for France to have no complaint. Therefore, Macron's move can be seen as expressing dissatisfaction with the US, as the US, the leader of the West, is becoming increasingly unreliable.'
Dan Andrews was / is another one who was caught on video trying to keep something up his nose when most people would simply clear their noses specially during the ''pandemic''.
And Scholz and Macron and the rest of the US lackeys.
Scholz also seems to be drawing back from committing to NATO defence spending
O that’s great—where did you hear that? I’m thinking Germany is one of the key ice breakers in the chance for peace with Russia. They were a huge economy, very well off due to having cheap Russian oil and gas and grain. And they know that NATO and the US caused the precipitous collapse of their economy. Now if they face a particularly cold winter, Scholz will either have to dump the US or dump his puny career. This is good!
NATO wants member states to spend 2% of GDP on defence 'According to information released on July 7 by NATO, 10 of 31 alliance members are achieving the current goal of spending two percent of their GDP on defense. In 2014, when the goal was first set, only three hit that mark. All members are hitting the objective of spending 20 percent of their defense spending on new equipment.
Twelve countries are spending better than 1.5 percent of GDP on defense, and only one member—Luxembourg—is spending less than one percent. The overall median is 1.87 percent for the alliance. The values for 2023 are estimates based on member reports, NATO said.
In the 16 months since Russia invaded Ukraine, NATO as a whole has also seen an overall eight percent real increase in defense spending above inflation, compared with two percent in 2022. In the same period, overall NATO member spending on equipment leaped from 8.5 percent real growth to 24.9 percent of real growth above inflation.
Julianne Smith, U.S. Ambassador to NATO, told reporters in a July 7 conference call that new, multi-domain regional defense plans that be rolled out in Vilnius. They cover a range of scenarios, including defending the Atlantic and Arctic, protecting central Europe and the Balkans, and defending southern Europe and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the plans represented a major bulking up of the alliance.' from https://www.airandspaceforces.com/nato-member-defense-spending-summit/
In August 2023 The German government on Wednesday stepped back at the last minute from making a legal commitment to meeting NATO’s target of spending 2 percent of GDP on defense on an annual basis, according to Reuters and German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.
A government official told the news agency that a clause pledging to meet the target was deleted at short notice from Finance Minister Christian Lindner’s draft of a new budget financing law, just before the Cabinet passed it to the parliament.' instead they pledge to spend 2% on average over 5 years. They've already been criticised by the US for years for not spending at least 2 % of their budget on defence. https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-defense-change-of-plan-nato-spending/
Overall spending seems to be going how Lockheed Martin et al want it to.
Thank you. Great info and resources and thinking. It’s kind of funny to me to see these “allies” acting like various Mafia gangs in the 30’s, going after each other to consolidate their power. Just shows how the dogs will turn on each other.
The US bankrupting Germany can't be helping happy families! The Empire is already falling apart, but not quickly enough. With the arctic ice melting and Finland and Sweden joining NATO to 'help' them secure access to the oil under it and not let Russia have it (no one would dream of negotiation); it could end up with parts of Europe aligned on opposing sides. Just like the old days.
Schools is full on for German military spending actually. “NATO” isn’t the only aspect of their military expansion.
What happens WITHIN Europe when the German economy is based on growth of a war machine? And their local enemies the Polish have an even bigger army and nothing else to drive THEIR economy either.
Thank you. Yes.
I think Macron is fed up with being a US lapdog, he wants to join BRiCS doesn't he?
Again— great information! Where can I read about this? I read geopolitical economics with Micheal Hudson but have not seen these developments mentioned.
Not sure which comment you're replying to https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-would-be-inappropriate-guest-brics-summit-says-russia-2023-06-22/ but Macron wants more autonomy and sees Brics as the way to a multipolar world but he'd have to leave NATO and probably the EU first. 'Macron's intent to display independence from the US or his possible interest in more cooperation with BRICS countries, it all indicates that the US is no longer what it used to be. Macron has pointed out that Western hegemony may be coming to an end because of the West's own missteps. Macron was reported to have lobbied Donald Trump to reconsider his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Agreement. And by the end of 2022, he blasted US Inflation Reduction Act. Yet the results are the same - the US does not listen. Worse, with the US profiting from the Ukraine crisis and shifting the burden to Europe, as a major European power, it is impossible for France to have no complaint. Therefore, Macron's move can be seen as expressing dissatisfaction with the US, as the US, the leader of the West, is becoming increasingly unreliable.'
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202306/1292711.shtml
Macron wants to leave the sinking ship. Unfortunately the UK is going to go down with the SS Imperial US.
Macron was a Rothschild banker come puppet.
According to French people and other experts; he's an arrogant little prick. I don't think he likes being a puppet to the US whatever else he is.
An arrogant little prick with a fondness for the white powder - so he's compromised - I doubt he'll last for long without his daily fix.
Any puppet of the Rothschild has to support the Zionist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Nt4goDoqs
Dan Andrews was / is another one who was caught on video trying to keep something up his nose when most people would simply clear their noses specially during the ''pandemic''.