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Let's speculate: On the last Sunday in September 2021, Germany will elect a new Bundestag with a majority for the Union and the Greens. Both will be about the same strength. It is still uncertain who is a little ahead. But the coalition negotiations are opening up opportunities that are no longer so slow
cannot yet be fully explored as the election campaign begins.

But for security policy, a green painted “business as usual” is not a real option. A new constellation could give rise to a new security policy.

Against such a background, it is remarkable how Inspector General
Eberhard Zorn positioned himself at the beginning of the year in an interview with a Sunday newspaper. The fact that he spoke very thoughtfully about the capabilities and possibilities of the Bundeswehr is an indication that he is already thinking ahead behind the curtain of this realism. In addition, the former commander of the operational command, Rainer Glatz, and the former defense representative of the German Bundestag, Hans-Peter Bartels, have considered reforming the Bundeswehr, which they also presented in this magazine. It's a reform movement in the Bundeswehr!

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