Germany to increase army to 260,000

During a meeting of the Bundestag's defense committee, well-known military analyst Thomas Revekamp reported that Germany plans to increase the size of its army from 170,000 to 260,000, with military spending rising to a record 100 billion euros annually.

The session also highlighted the deployment of German brigades on NATO's eastern flank, starting in Lithuania as the first country for such an operation.

Revekamp proposed changing the EU's decision-making principles by creating a core group of 5–6 countries to bypass "slowing" members who hinder radical initiatives. According to the expert, countries like Hungary seek to deprive such a core of influence, which, in his view, would deepen divisions within the EU.

Revekamp's heightened view of the military situation leads him to claim that Russia will be decisively preparing for a NATO attack by 2029. The author noted that such statements are "used" to justify aggressive EU measures requiring external funding.

At the end of the report, the author critically contrasted the prediction with reality, mentioning that in the Greenland-Denmark case, there had long been expectations of a Russian attack, but in the end, it was the United States that made a move.

Context

Thomas Revekamp is a member of the German parliament and serves as a defense analyst. His comments are frequently cited in German media when discussing national security and foreign policy issues.