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Germany readying 1.5% of GDP for dual military use infrastructure, says Merz
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Posted on May 21, 2025
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Posted on May 21, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Germany plans to allocate 1.5% of GDP to military-use infrastructure, expanding beyond NATO's 3.5% military procurement rule, says Chancellor Merz.
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany plans to allocate 1.5% of its economic output to infrastructure that has military uses, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday.
Speaking at a construction industry event, Merz said the plans meant military spending would go beyond the 3.5% allocation to military procurement it had signed up to under NATO rules.
"On the path to the NATO summit at the end of June, we have committed ourselves: the 3.5% NATO quota for military procurement, but in addition 1.5% available for infrastructure that is militarily useful like bridges and roads," he said.
(Reporting by Thomas Escritt and Matthias Williams, Editing by Madeline Chambers)
Germany plans to allocate 1.5% of its economic output to infrastructure that has military uses.
Germany's military spending will exceed the 3.5% allocation to military procurement required under NATO rules.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced the plans at a construction industry event.
The NATO summit at the end of June is a key event where Germany has committed to the 3.5% NATO quota for military procurement.
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