Since Donald Trump became President of the US, Washington has put increased pressure on NATO allies to up their military spending. The world expects it of us, and I think they are right to expect German to deliver on its pledges.”But a graph of German military spending between the years 2000 and 2015 released by Statista this week puts the task at hand in perspective. German defence spending in billions of euros from 2000-2015. Source: StatistaThe graph demonstrates a rise in military spending since 2007, with the peak reached in 2012, when Berlin spent €36.17 billion on defence. Merkel herself has conceded that, based on military spending alone, Germany won’t hit the figure.

Source: The Local March 01, 2017 10:59 UTC