German military has ‘too little of everything’ warns armed forces commissioner

Germany’s parliamentary commissioner for the Armed Forces Eva Hogl speaks at a press conference Berlin (Carsten Koall/AP)

Germany’s military still has “too little of everything,” but progress is being made in securing new equipment nearly two years after a special fund was set up to modernise the Bundeswehr, the country’s commissioner for the armed forces has said.

Days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged to increase Germany’s defence spending to a Nato target of 2% of gross domestic product and set up the 100 billion euro special fund.