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German military tanks modern1/31/2024 ![]() ![]() SCHMITZ: Defense expert Jana Puglierin watched on in disbelief. SCHMITZ: Germany's parliament erupted into a rare standing ovation - a roar that filled the main chamber of the Reichstag, a building whose destruction and rebirth were at the center of the horrors of the last World War and was now again witness to what Germans labeled a zeitenwende - an historical turning point. ROB SCHMITZ, BYLINE: The announcement came three days after Russian troops had entered Ukraine, and only a few people in parliament had been briefed about what Chancellor Olaf Scholz was about to announce - that Germany would infuse its beleaguered military with more than 100 billion euros, putting it on pace to be the third-largest military on the planet.ĬHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ: (Speaking German). And as NPR's Rob Schmitz reports, the continent's largest economy is building what's expected to become Europe's largest military. The country's reckoning with its own history has, for decades, prevented it from building a big military, but now there's a war on Europe's doorstep. German Chancellor Olaf Schulz's decision to more than double the funding for his country's military has caught not only Europeans, but also Germans by surprise. ![]()
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