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(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, MAR 14 - Germany's military has too
little of everything and its barracks are "pitiful" with some
lacking WiFi and working toilets, despite a planned overhaul
following the Ukraine war, a senior MP said Tuesday. Russia's
invasion of Ukraine prompted Berlin to drop its traditionally
pacifist stance and announce massive new investments to boost
its chronically underfunded, creaking armed forces. But Eva
Hoegl, a German parliamentary commissioner tasked with
scrutinising the military, painted a bleak picture, and urged
the government to speed up modernisation efforts. "The
Bundeswehr has too little of everything, and it has had even
less since February 24, 2022", said the lawmaker from the ruling
Social Democrats, referring to the date Moscow sent its forces
into Ukraine. (ANSA-AFP).
