The German Rheinmetall has just opened Europe's largest ammunition mill in Lower Saxony. It is expected to deliver to Ukraine, but will yet be an crucial part of the EU military programme.
Jakub Wozinski
In the village called Unterlüß on 27 August, the mill was inaugurated to produce up to 350 1000 rounds of 155 mm a year. It is the largest plant of its kind in Europe, on which the company has invested as much as half a billion euros.
Record Speed
Among the guests celebrating the plant's launch were, among others, the president of Bulgaria, the Prime Minister of Romania, national defence minister Boris Pistorius, finance minister Lars Klingbeil, and even NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who praised the fast pace of implementation of the full project. In just 14 months, modern production lines were created, which will be full ready as early as 2027. Rutte encouraged that akin efforts should besides be made in other, more complex areas of production – in terms of tank construction or air defence systems.
President Rheinmetall Armin Papperger, present at the opening, argued that the company is aware that it must act rapidly to aid Europe keep up with the production of ammunition and weapons. Known for his full support for the thought of turning the European Union into a superstate manager of the largest arms company He besides expressed his gratitude for the many orders received from his company. “I am very grateful that you have kept your word,” he said, pointing out that it was only through this that Rheinmetall was able to pay so much.
Papperger can wipe his hands due to the fact that the ammunition mill in Lower Saxony is just 1 of the large projects that will shortly be implemented by his company. The next year is planned to open another 200 million euro mill in Weeze, producing components for F-35 fighters. Given that the German state intends to gradually increase its defence spending to 5% of GDP, the company from Düsseldorf may be beginning the best period in the past of the past (maybe but for planet War II, erstwhile it executed orders for the criminal Nazi authorities).
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Power increase
Since last year Ursula von der Leyen announced everything and against the will to build European armed forces, Rheinmetall's stock went up, and after the launch of the ammunition mill saw another awesome increase. In terms of capitalization, it is present the 4th largest company in the full national Republic.
The company plans to produce ammunition annually in all its plants by 2027 to scope the level of 1.5 million units, which is about twice as much as today. A large contribution to specified a turn of events has been made by the German state, which, by covering itself with the war in Ukraine, intends to strengthen its armed champion, carrying out further large orders. Chancellor Friedrich Merz managed to push the exemption of arms spending above 1% of GDP from spending rules, which would let the release of crucial amounts for Rheinmetall contracts.
Launched in 2022, a special, EUR 100 billion arms fund of the German state became a real flywheel of expansion for the Düsseldorf Group. Armin Papperger stated in 1 of the interviews for “Süddeutsche Zeitung” that his company expected contracts for as much as EUR 30–40 billion from the full pool. Rheinmetall is 1 of the leaders in the production of anti-aircraft defence systems, ammunition and trucks and armored vehicles. However, it besides offers its customers large flexibility and willingness to take even the most demanding measures. Last year Papperger suggested to the authorities that he was able to usage any of Volkswagen's factories, which suffered from deficiency of orders, to produce a crucial number of tanks. Therefore, it should not surprise anyone if the German arms leader takes over contracts besides in different areas for himself.
Long fight... for the EU superstate
Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated in fresh days that the war in Ukraine could proceed for a long time. These words were taken as an expression of skepticism towards Donald Trump's initiative, which – inviting Vladimir Putin to Alaska – was most likely counting on a much faster introduction of the truce. Europe's leaders effort to make genuine concern for Ukraine's fate, but in reality they only usage it to strengthen their own power and effort to emancipate from American dominance.
Few people remember present that in the first days of the war Kiev's representatives heard in Berlin that nobody was going to aid them, due to the fact that the failure of Ukraine is only a substance of time. presently Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron and the another leaders want to appear the most determined to bring aid to the Ukrainians. In fact, their real motive for action is to make a separate state from the European Union, with its own army, its own government, a common debt and a single currency. The war in Ukraine provides an perfect pretext to impose extraordinary taxes on the associate States, to proceed to re-emerge sovereignty, and to make further pieces of the EU Army. The destiny of Ukraine is simply a secondary issue for the advocates of centralization, due to the fact that Germany, wishing to break its dependence on the United States, will nevertheless search a strategical agreement with Russia. However, before that happens, Ukraine is useful as an excuse for expanding military capacity and the accumulation of power.
In an interview with “Financial Times”, Ursula von der Leyen late stated that “Europe has rather precise plans to send troops to Ukraine” to guarantee that the ceasefire is maintained. These troops were to be organised by the alleged "voluntary coalition", a group of countries led by France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
EU Defence Commissioner
The very fact that von der Leyen is talking about the fact that the stabilization forces will send “Europe”. The second word of office of president of the European Commission Unfortunately, the German has the top contribution so far from all those in this position to transform the Union into a suprastate or even a separate state. The EU's establishment is counting on the fact that the improvement of the military capacity of the community will yet bring about his dream of creating uniform European forces.
The Union's military initiative is called the "coalition of the willing", but as the past of the community has taught us so far, all voluntaryness is transformed into work in the long term. The best example of this is the climate policy, which was optional in the early 21st century and took the form of incentives. Similarly, all EU funds have been operating from the outset on a simple basis to gradually become a mechanics for the top-down control of associate States' activities by Brussels. It is no different in the case of defence, where the mechanics of the “coalition of willing” is gradually transformed into a strategy aimed at creating a European army.
One of the leading figures in this intrigue is without a uncertainty Armin Papperger, whose European press has already started to mention to as “the EU Defence Commissioner”. On 4 August, Rheinmetall signed a contract to supply more than 1000 logistics vehicles for the Bundeswehr with a value of €770 million. That's quite a few deals on the horizon.
