**German Chancellor Friedrich Merz defended sharply higher defense spending despite cuts elsewhere in the federal budget, arguing that security must take priority.**

_“What use is the best parental allowance if we lose our freedom and peace in Europe is endangered?”_ Merz said in an [ARD interview](https://www.tagesschau.de/video/video-1640048.html). He said Germany must correct years of underinvestment in the Bundeswehr, while making weapons procurement _“much more cost-efficient.”_

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