March 28, 2025 (EIRNS)—The Paris “Coalition of the Willing,” after its meeting in France yesterday, has produced the usual hot air, in the form of the Anglo-French pledge to supply “reassurance” (former “peacekeeping,” eventually “deterrent") troops in Ukraine. As a recent article in London’s The Times revealed, Britain has had trouble putting together even a brigade-size force for spring exercises in the Baltic. (Estonia had concerns after the U.K. cut British troop numbers.)
Meanwhile, Rheinmetall’s announcement on involvement in constructing F35 fighter jets confirms that at least part of the German rearmament money is flowing into the U.S. defense industry. Rheinmetall plans to manufacture at least 400 medium fuselage sections for the F-35 fighter jet built by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman at its new plant in Weeze. Production is scheduled to start in July 2025—the first parts have now been delivered from the U.S.
Porsche decided to allocate €2 billion to investments in the military sector despite losing (or because they lost) €20 billion in the automobile sector last year. Porsche already has a stake in the start(ed)-up Quantum Systems GmbH, along with international investors. QS produces drones.
Sahra Wagenknecht has exposed the German rearmament policy as “sick.” In a leaflet distributed nationwide, the BSW explains that the money “will go not only to the Bundeswehr, but above all also to the Ukrainian military. This exemption from the debt-brake is de facto a standing order from the German taxpayers for the rearmament of Ukraine.
“Germany should do exactly the opposite: strict debt rules for military spending and lifting debt rules for meaningful investments in infrastructure. The €500 billion extra fund for infrastructure, instead, is nothing but a fig-leaf for higher military spending.”
