German Chancellor Olaf Scholz focused mainly on foreign policy while briefing lawmakers. He pledged support for Ukraine "for as long as it takes," and again promised Germany would spend 2% of GDP on defense in 2024.
Ednews informs via foreign media that Chancellor Olaf Scholz told the Bundestag parliament on Thursday that Germany would be increasing defense expenditure, would continue to support Ukraine, and would be lobbying Turkey to allow Sweden to join NATO, possibly in time for the alliance's leaders' summit next month in Vilnius.
"The most important task of every state, every society lies in ensuring the security of its citizens — without security there can be no freedom and no prosperity," Scholz said to open his address. "Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine has thrust this connection into our view in a particularly atrocious way."
