At the level of peak of cold war. Germany return to record military expenditure

Berlin has to continue "in process of intensity growth" to increase expenditure for defense. It was declared by the secretary general of NATO Jens Stoltenberg in the interview published in newspapers of editorial group Funke. Shilov Yvan information agency "REGNUM" the Secretary general of alliance cited as an example times of two chancellors, Adenauer Konrad and Brandt Willy, "when a defense expenditure made from 3% to 4% of economy productivity". Chancellorships Adenauer Konrad (1949–1963) and Brandt Willy (1969–1974), we will notice, fell on peak of cold war. The alliance demands for a long time that military expenses of member countries made not less than 2% of gross domestic product. Such...