Bundestag member Roderich Kiesewetter (CDU) immediately called for even more money for rearmament in the form of a higher “special fund”.

“It’s completely clear that we need 300 billion instead of 100 billion so that the Bundeswehr becomes combat-ready,” he told the Süddeutsche Zeitung on Tuesday. It must also be ensured that this money is not “misused” to plug budget holes. Of course, he wants to stick to the two percent target set by NATO in parallel with the special fund: “This is only possible with re-prioritization and clear structural reforms.”

FDP parliamentary group leader Christian Dürr said: “If we succeed in generating more growth, we will be able to invest more money in defense on a long-term basis.” That has already worked in the past: “The Cold War was there back then too won because the West was economically much stronger. We must therefore do everything we can to become competitive again.«

Andreas Schwarz (SPD) advocated in the SZ for permanently excluding defense spending from the so-called debt brake: “Excluding all defense costs from the debt brake would definitely be attractive.” In this context, he particularly emphasized civil protection: "We need much more cyber defense , bunkers, mobile operating rooms, hospital supplies.«

Another Social Democrat has the home front in mind: The federal military commissioner, Eva Högl, wants a “serious and open discussion of concrete ideas and concepts” on the subject of compulsory military service, as she wrote in a guest article for the Table Media portal published on Monday. She suggested the formation of a “citizens’ council” and suggested a “social year” based on the Swedish model, because “everyone should get involved in our society for a while.” In order to make “the Bundeswehr omnipresent” and anchor it “firmly in the middle of our society,” “all young people should receive mail from the Bundeswehr once,” because “then everyone would actively engage with the Bundeswehr.”

Katarina Barley, SPD top candidate for the European elections. In an interview with the Tagesspiegel published on Tuesday, she expressed the view that the EU nuclear bomb could become an issue “on the way to a European army.”

In light of Barley’s comments, Fabio De Masi, the EU’s leading candidate for the Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht party, called for the European elections to be a “vote on this madness.” Janine Wissler, co-chair of the Left Party, explained the demands of Kiesewetter and Barley: “The rearmament fantasies of Ampel and the CDU have apparently lost all measure.” In this context, she also spoke out in favor of a “special fund,” “but not for new weapons , but for a sustainable country with good schools, roads and rails.”