Munich (dpa/lby) - Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) accuses the federal government of not getting going with the strengthening of the Bundeswehr announced by Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD). The planned 100 billion euro program had been deteriorated and watered down, Söder criticized on Wednesday after a meeting with employer and employee representatives from the defense technology industry in Munich. "The engine stutters." Specifically, the CSU boss called for the rapid procurement of sufficient ammunition, tanks and drones, air and missile defense and the purchase of new F-35 stealth jets. Scholz had recently confirmed the federal government's decision to buy the jets in the USA.
Most recently, there had been resentment about the sluggish procurement of equipment and weapons, which had not gotten off to a good enough start after the start of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. Federal Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) in particular has been criticized for this - also by the CSU.
