Overview

• The Left party challenged the Bundeswehr promotion ceremony on Hamburg’s Rathausmarkt during Germany’s first National Veteran’s Day, calling it a push for militarism and a ‘geistige Zeitenwende.’
• David Stoop warned that rising military spending comes at the expense of education, healthcare, housing and environmental protection while escalating the risk of global conflict.
• SPD leader Dirk Kienscherf praised the Bundeswehr for ensuring security and freedom in Germany and Europe and accused the Left of discrediting soldiers.
• Greens faction member Sina Imhof accused the Left of denying security realities and perpetuating an unrealistic pacifism in its motion on disarmament.
• CDU’s Dennis Thering and AfD deputy Marco Schulz defended defense capability as essential for peace, with Schulz labeling disarmament demands as naïve and dangerous.