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The cash-strapped German government is considering how to include funding for transportation infrastructure used by the military in its defense spending to meet NATO spending targets, Politico reports. After Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, the German government created a special fund of 100 billion euros to modernize the Bundeswehr, helping it meet NATO’s spending target of 2 percent of GDP this year. However, the draft budget for 2025 does not allow for this level to be maintained. Instead of the €6.5 billion increase requested by Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, the draft budget proposes a…

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