Why Germany is racing to rebuild its army | Germany

“Until recently, being a German soldier in a German uniform was a very difficult role to embody. I mean, you could go out on the street and be spit on or called names.

“I saw people chatting with the soldiers in a way that I had not seen in the past. [and] “Recently, someone approached a soldier and invited him to talk about his role and thanked him at the end of the conversation.”

Kate Connolly The Guardian’s Berlin correspondent explains: Annie Kelly It outlines the massive military expansion underway in Germany and the geopolitical landscape that has given rise to it. They discuss current rearmament and recruitment campaigns, the political and economic traps facing the German government, and the broader issue of national identity with which Germany is grappling.

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