Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner is satisfied with her budget despite savings. She wants to stick to the development plan. The figures show that the army will get away with a blue eye this year and in 2026, but from 2027 it will be dark. The minister hopes to end up with the next budget.
Fix must be stored in 2025 and 2026 at events, business trips, administration and advertisements. Budget deficiency can mean that for the AirPower Flight Show. The minister says that first with the other two event partners, Red Bull and Land Styria, you must have. The financing of the Eurofighter successor and long-distance flight defense is not secure.
The medium-wing defense system and therefore participation in the European SKY Shield project, on the other hand, must be realized, says the head of the Federal Army planning, Lieutenant General Günther Hofbauer.
The devil is in detail
About the figures: the 2025 budget is 4.741 billion euros on paper and approximately 5,185 billion (including authorizations) before 2026. One of the two authorizations of 150 and 200 million for the European peace facility is a pure transit position and therefore. For 2025 this results in around 4,591 billion and around € 4,985 billion in budget for 2026. Another 200 million investments.
These can only be called if all other funds for investments have already been used. The condition for the response of this authorization must also be the simultaneous implementation of the savings requirements of 70 million (2025) and 92 million (2026). Given that six months is almost finished, this will probably not work without savings on staff, for example due to removals in overtime.
It will be dramatic from 2027, because the federal financial framework no longer offers a significant increase in the budget. Compared to the original planning of the Ministry of Defense, a financing gap of approximately 6.316 billion euros from 2025 to 2029 arises, as the ministry itself represents in the current state defense report.
Budget goal of two percent already canceled
The minister points out that the government has known itself in the development plan and that the financial framework can be reduced again in the next budget. It is still to be seen how likely this will be given the general budget situation. Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer has already canceled the budget goal of two percent of GDP for the Bundesher in 2032. A working group is set up that will be advised on how to proceed with the development plan.
Tanner also emphasizes that at the EU level within the meaning of European upgrade it is discussed to partially calculate the defense issues of the budget deficit. In this case too, the Minister of Finance should release extra money.
A pleasure of hope in the field of personnel costs: Martnerbauer has already indicated that the coalition wants to save with the officials in 2027. Before 2026, the references to the government of the ruling government of Turquoise Groen were already completed. In the Ministry of Defense, personnel costs rise from 2024 to 2025 by 23 million euros.
Source: Krone
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