Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht's resignation follows persistent criticism of Germany's military modernization and arms shipments to Ukraine.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel had taken off for an international meeting in Buenos Aires in November when the electronics systems on her Luftwaffe jet abruptly failed, forcing the pilot of the 20-year-old government craft to make an emergency landing in Cologne and Merkel to switch to a commercial flight.
She was respected in those roles but was widely viewed as one of the Scholz government’s weakest links at the Defense Ministry.German offer to send 5,000 helmets to Ukraine becomes punchline Last month, Lambrecht dismissed suggestions that the government had been too slow to get going on its spending drive. She said that officials have moved fast but that “such projects must be carefully negotiated — this is tax money.”
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