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Germany Cautiously Rebuilds Its Military Might

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The German Economy's Decoupling From Russia

SiteVentit has really three elements. One is geoeconomics, one is about geo strategy and one is about the military aspect. I think where most has happened is actually geoeconomics because this is about decoupling from Russia in other areas of economic activity. In terms of geo strategy, I think Germany needs to do more. And then finally, as the military dimension, the 100 billion off-budget fund headline grabbing, it was created. Now it is very slow to come into practice. The drawdown is very slow. Very few projects have actually been put into contracts. There's a problem with retention and recruitment in the force. A wholesale, very large gap on the

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