Germany: ‘uncovered’ for fresh Patriots and Leopardy

At its last gathering before the summertime break, the Bundestag budget committee approved respective crucial arms purchases. Among them are [4 Patriot sets](https://defence24.pl/defence-policy/Germans-buy-more-patriots) for about €1.4 billion and [105 Leopard 2A8 tanks](https://defence24.pl/defence-policy/Germans-buy-rail-leopards) for 2.93 billion. As it turns out, ** these purchases are not covered in multi-annual financial planning,** due to the fact that there is no authorisation of the Minister of Finance to transfer additional funds.