Schaeuble expects Germany to boost spending on defence, security


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  • Sunday, 01 Mar 2015

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble addresses a session of the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, in Berlin February 27, 2015.Germany's parliament will vote today on the extension of Greece's bailout by four months. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will spend more on defence in coming years in response to growing global instability, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in an interview published on Sunday.

He did not tell newspaper Bild am Sonntag how much extra Europe's largest economy would spend, or when the increases would kick in.

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