In the near future, the Bundeswehr will expand to seven thousand people.
Germany decided to increase the size of its Armed forces.
It was officially announced by the Minister of defence of Germany Ursula von der Laen.
According to her, in the near future, the Bundeswehr will expand to 7 thousand people. In addition, over the next seven years, the number of soldiers will increase by 14.3 thousand, and also increase of 4.4 thousand civilians.
In turn, the Association of employees of the Bundeswehr welcomed the extension of the state. In this earlier Chapter of the Association Andre Wustner said about the need to expand the number of employees of the Bundeswehr for at least 19 thousand jobs. “If we only strive to close the gaps, we need to increase the number of military posts by 15 thousands plus 4 thousands of civilian positions,” he said, Wustner the newspaper Rheinischen Post.
After the reunification of Germany in 1990, the state of the Bundeswehr was reduced from 585 thousand to 177 thousand. The policy of reducing Wustner called “incorrect”.
