{"id":14308,"date":"2025-03-20T16:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T20:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/?p=14308"},"modified":"2025-03-20T16:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T20:39:14","slug":"new-eu-policy-brief-discusses-germanys-defence-spending-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/2025\/new-eu-policy-brief-discusses-germanys-defence-spending-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"New EU Policy Brief discusses Germany&#8217;s defence spending plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 18, the German Bundestag approved an amendment to the Basic Law to ramp up defence spending in a way not seen since the end of World War II. In our new EU Policy Brief, Dr. Luca Ratti (University of Roma Tre) argues that the new measures, which will total as much as \u20ac1 trillion over the next decade, represent a fundamental rethinking of German interest and priorities at a time when the European security architecture is looking increasingly volatile.<\/p>\n<p>Please read the policy brief <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ratti-EU-Policy-Brief-Germany-Defence.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 18, the German Bundestag approved an amendment to the Basic Law to ramp up defence spending in a way not seen since the end of World War II. 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