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Significance The target will be met through the regular budget and the EUR100bn (USD104bn) special defence fund, which is due to be exhausted by the end of 2027. There is no cabinet consensus for permanently higher spending. Impacts Germany’s poor economic outlook threatens to enlarge the group of voters opposed to providing financial and military assistance to Ukraine. Berlin will look for new ways to attract more personnel to the military, such as the recruitment of migrants in return for citizenship. The liberalisation of arms exports and efforts to ease procurement regulation will boost the growth outlook of Germany’s defence industry.
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