Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) quantified how much more money he needs for his department. Pistorius: The Bundeswehr needs more women and more people with a migration history.
The current proportion of women in the troops is "not even ten percent", which makes Pistorius "very dissatisfied" The federal budget for next year has been causing unrest in the coalition for months. The usual adoption of key points in March had been cancelled by the Minister of Finance, Christian Lindner.