Germany's defense spending nearly doubled from 46.6 billion euros in 2021 to 86.5 billion in 2025, with about 750 billion euros planned for 2026 to 2030, more than twice France's projected total. A March 2025 constitutional change, passed by an outgoing Bundestag that still held the two-thirds majority, also served as a bet that military spending can revive a stagnating industrial economy.

— via War on the Rocks, Marina Henke