Germany’s Defense Spending Surge: 2025–2029 Budget Analysis

In late June 2025 Germany’s new CDU/CSU–SPD coalition unveiled a draft federal budget that signals a historic shift: massive investments to rebuild the Bundeswehr. Defense outlays are slated to jump to €95 billion in 2025, then rise rapidly each year to roughly €150–160 billion by 2029. In total, up to €649 billion over five years is being earmarked for…