The media reported on Germany's plans to allocate special funds for the country's defense

"The parties negotiating the formation of a new German government are considering the possibility of creating two special funds with a potential value of hundreds of billions of euros as soon as possible: one for The second is for defense and the second is for infrastructure," the agency writes, citing three anonymous sources.

The future authorities plan to allocate 400 billion euros for defense and 400-500 billion euros for infrastructure.

According to the agency, the recent altercation between the presidents USA and Of Ukraine By Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky's visit to the White House has increased the sense of urgency in Berlin to take measures to increase defense spending.

"Two special funds are being discussed by three parties: the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD)," Reuters reports, citing sources.

According to the agency, the final decision has not yet been made.

Change of power: German elections won by the opposition CDU/CSU party

Friedrich Merz will be the new chancellor.

During the meeting between Trump and Zelensky in the Oval Office on February 28, a verbal altercation took place. The US president blamed the Ukrainian leader in a disrespectful attitude towards Washington. According to him, the head of the Kiev regime is "playing with the Third World War", the lives of millions of people and is not ready to resolve the conflict.

Before that, on February 23, early elections to the Bundestag were held in Germany. The victory was won by the CDU/CSU opposition bloc, which gained 29%. For the first time in history, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party took second place in the Bundestag elections, gaining 20% of the vote.