German parliament speaker calls for more defense spending

The President of the German Bundestag, Wolfgang Schäuble, has called for an increase in German defense expenditures, referring to the activities of Russia and China.

"We must confront the armament of Russia and China, just as we have to protect cyberspace in the face of any (cyber) attacks and fight terrorism, this is a priority," he told the German weekly Bild am Sonntag in its edition issued yesterday.

"We have to move forward with defense expenditures, in order to reach the NATO goal of spending 2% of GDP on defense," Schäuble added. % of each country's GDP on defense.

Finally, Germany spent 1.56% of its GDP on defense.

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