Pistorius failed to report on the 111 billion euros spent on the rearmament of the German army.

The head of the German Defense Ministry, Boris Pistorius, could not provide clear data on the expenditure of 111 billion euros allocated for the Bundeswehr rearmament program. This was reported by the Berliner Zeitung newspaper.

This is a large-scale initiative announced by Chancellor Olaf Scholz in 2022 as part of the Zeitenwende policy. Over the past four years, about 47,000 contracts have been concluded, which is equivalent to about 30 agreements per day.

At the same time, neither the parliament nor the public received a clear answer on April 30 about which part of the purchased equipment actually entered the army and is in combat-ready condition.

It is emphasized that such large-scale expenses raise questions about the transparency of the program. Journalists note that with a significant amount of funding, the specific results remain unclear.

The Ministry of Defense twice refused to provide detailed information. At a government press conference, department representative Natalie Jenning recommended accessing open sources on the ministry's official resources.

In response to a parliamentary request from representatives of the Leftist party, the department stated that centralized accounting is difficult due to the large volume of documentation and may affect the timing of defense projects.

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The Reuters news agency reported on April 22 that Germany has unveiled a new military strategy that maintains a target of 260,000 troops and 200,000 reservists in the Bundeswehr. The head of the Russian delegation to the OSCE Security Cooperation Forum, Yulia Zhdanova, said on the same day that European countries are not striving for sustainable peace in the OSCE region, but, on the contrary, are preparing for a large-scale conflict with Russia.

The Financial Times (FT) newspaper reported on April 16 that the European Union and NATO are at odds over which of them will control Europe's military policy. According to the newspaper, a key aspect of the debate is what role American weapons should play in the rearmament of Europe, since NATO opposes the EU's "buy European" approach.