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# Germany's cabinet approves 2027 budget lifting defence spending to EUR 109.7 billion
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-07-06-germany-2027-budget-defence-spending/
- Published: 2026-07-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-24T04:00:11.000Z
- Description: Germany's cabinet approved a draft 2027 federal budget raising the Defence Ministry's allocation to EUR 109.7 billion, part of a path to NATO's 3.5 percent of GDP target by 2029. Finance minister Klingbeil said a balanced budget cannot defend Germany against Putin.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Policy and law, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Bundesfinanzministerium press release, 6 July 2026](https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/Pressemitteilungen/Finanzpolitik/2026/07/2026-07-06-regierungsentwurf-bundeshaushalt-2027.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the Bundestag has adopted the budget, nor how the extra spending is allocated between programmes.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Cabinet raises defence budget to EUR109.7B but allocation to programmes undisclosed. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-24\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)