German Defense Minister calls for arms makers to surrender

The Minister of Defense in Germany asked weapons makers to stop complaining and “surrender” in the deportation of Europe, as he called for increasing production to match the prosperous spending plans in his country.

Boris Peporius The Venangal Times times have told his government that has long dealt with industry fears by simplifying hundreds of billions of euros of new military spending.

“There is no reason for the complaint anymore,” Pistorius said in an interview with FT. “The industry knows very well that it is now responsible for its presentation.”

He said that industrial groups had to hold up the end of the deal, as Europe seeks to deter Russian aggression amid the interest of the United States in the security of the continent. Berlin aims to raise its annual defense spending to 162 billion euros by 2029, an increase of 70 percent over this year.

“Unfortunately, we are still testing the delay in individual projects, as it seems that everything has been settled, then the delay occurs on the side of the industry – which I have to explain,” said Pistorius.

“The industry needs to increase its capabilities. This applies to ammunition, to drones, to tanks – to almost every area.”

The 65-year-old social democracy is assigned to provide “ZeitenWende”-or changing the sea-in his country’s defense approach. The goal, which was announced three years ago after the full Russia Ukraine invasionIt is to transform the armed forces after decades of investment and give Germany a leading role in European security.

Pistorius is scheduled to meet Beit Higseth in Washington on Monday, where he said that he will discuss a “road map” for American security support for Europe. He warned that the expected reduction on a large scale should not leave the power gaps that may risk “calling to Putin.”

Also on the Ukraine’s agenda and the urgent issue of air defense systems in the United States, after KYIV deliveries were stopped by Washington. Berlin has already gave three of its 12 -year -old stock of critical Patriot systems to Kiev.

“We have not only six in Germany,” Pistorius said. “This is very little, especially given the goals of the NATO ability that we have to face. Certainly we cannot give more.”

Pinstorius said he would discuss a proposal he presented to Higseth last month to allow Germany to buy two Patriot systems from the United States for Kiev.

But he said that Germany will not provide long -range Taurus missiles to Ukraine despite a wave of air attacks in recent Russia and a renewed request from Kiev.

The minister also refused joint borrowing or Europond at the European Union level to assist debt countries such as France and Italy to increase Defense spending. When asked about proposals for such borrowing, he said: “No.”

He added: “EUROBONDS means that those who have already done or perform their homework are paying for what others do not do.”

Pistorius said that his ministry is working on a purchase plan for equipment, including tanks, submarines, drones and combat aircraft in the 1930s, to provide conservative counselor Fredchich Mirz pledged to make the strongest German army in Europe.

Long -term contracts with “regular annual purchase obligations” aim to address the long -term industry complaint that cannot invest in expensive new production lines without certainty about future requests.

He said this procedure would prevent German soldiers from wandering with old weapons. In 2022, while Europe retracted the invasion of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Ukraine, the then head of the German army said its forces were almost “empty”.

“The weakness in the past has always been that alternatives were bought only once the existing ended or broke,” Pezorius said. “We need a system that renews itself through continuous delivery operations over many years, so that the number of operating tanks is always the same.”

On drones, where innovation occurs at an amazing pace, he pledged that Germany will ensure that the armed forces have only received “technical situation” products. He added that it will allow the prior payments of weapons producers: “These are all new tools that aim to help the industry acquire momentum.”

A report published last month was found by Burjal’s thoughtful thought and the Global Economy Institute that European ammunition and artillery manufacturing have increased significantly over the past three years. But she warned that the battle tank production rate used by many European countries-made by KNDS Franco-Cerman, with a Rheinmetall-continued to defend the equivalent and Russian.

Even when he called for the acceleration of the industry, Pistorius said it seeks to improve purchases. “We need to get faster. We need to become more effective. We need to throw rules abroad when it comes to purchases and planning.”

Pistorius, known as a straight spokesman and a strong supporter of Ukraine, has emerged as a favorite politician in the country since he became the Minister of Defense. He is the only member of the former cabinet, led by Olaf SchoolsTo stay in the Post since the government changed in May.

Pezoreos said the country was faster than he expected to accept the need to re -deport. He referred to investigative studies that show that the majority of the population supported higher defensive spending as well as the introduction of a voluntary form of military service, which is scheduled to be next year. “This mental change is in full swing,” he said.

Peterores said that he was born in Osinabruk in the northwestern state of Saxony, where the British soldiers were stationed to protect what was the eastern NATO wing during the Cold War, Pistorius said he emerged inside his party because of their choice of military service instead of a civil alternative.

He was also a supporter of the deployment of the second Pershing missiles in West Germany in the 1980s, when most of his Democratic colleagues demonstrated against them. Recently it was criticize Through the old goalkeeper of the party, who was pushing for his Detity with Moscow.

He said: “I have always been convinced that if you want to talk about peace and collapse on an equal footing, you can only do this from the position of strength, only from the level of the eye.” “Not to intimidate anyone, but to explain that we know what we can do – we want to live in peace with you, but we do not think we are weak or that we will not defend ourselves. This is still true today.”

He said that the opening this year is a permanent brigade of German soldiers in Lithuania to guard the Baltic State – one of Pistorius’s leading projects – was a strong symbol of Germany’s commitment to NATO after nearly four decades of the collapse of the iron curtain.

He said: “The British, the Americans and the French were in Germany to protect our eastern wing.” “Today, Lithuania, Baltic countries, Poland is the eastern side and we must make a contribution there.”

He insisted that the forces from Germany, which for years were a culture of restraint in response to the horrors of World War II, will be ready to kill Russian soldiers in an attack from Moscow on a member state of NATO.

He said: “If deterrence and Russia’s attacks do not succeed, will that happen? Yes.” “But I recommend that you simply go to Vilnius and speak to the representatives of the German Brigade there. They know exactly what their job is.”