Boris Pistorius (SPD), Defense Minister, sits in the cockpit of an A400M on the flight to Mali.
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The Secretary of Defense says it quickly became clear to him that “such a huge house cannot be run like this”. The head of the association warns against too much military influence with regard to Pistorius’ conversion plans.
VMinister of Defense Boris Pistorius (SPD) has encountered resistance from civilian employees with his plans to restructure his ministry. Above all, the decision to have the new planning and command staff headed by a high-ranking military officer, Brigadier General Christian Freuding, was criticized.
You wonder who advised the minister and whether he also obtained civil advice, said the chairwoman of the Association of Civil Servants and Employees of the Bundeswehr, Imke von Bornstaedt-Küpper, on ZDF. She warned against an increasingly military leadership of the Department of Defense. That is the task of the civilian state secretaries.