The first to dare to use the term was Manfred Weber, Bavaros, Christian Socialist and President of the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament.

In a recent interview with a German newspaper, he argued that Europe’s economy should become “war”. He even explained to a large extent that he means: “This will mean, for example, accelerating the approval of military equipment approval and more cooperation between European weapons manufacturers. But it could also mean that defense manufacturers will work in the future on weekends and that companies that previously produced industrial goods for non -military purposes will produce weapons in the future. “

The enemy before the gates

In other times such statements would cause great disruption. Today not. Germany’s taboos have long fallen. The media have been dominated for weeks, especially after Trump’s election, analyzes and suggestions not whether, but for how much and how fast Germany and the EU should be prepared for a war, for a Putin Russian attack in the coming years. Standed journalists, as well as political scientists, unleash it for granted: “The enemy is at the forefront.” Public opinion seems to gradually accept the idea. Only the younger generation is not convinced of the need to change its plans and pursue a career in the army, facing significant staff shortages.

Antidote to… pale electric

Representatives of the economy, however, seem to take very serious proposals like Weber. Some say they are ready to fight. For example, Volkswagen is seriously considering turning its factory into Osenabrook, which was a lock -up of a padlock into an armor production unit. Since the electric drive could not save the jobs, let them save them an expected war. As a report on public television rightly commented, very quickly the emergency defense funds, free from the debt brake, can eventually turn into profitable state contracts with large German industries.

So is the conversion of the economy into a “war” the solution to the recession that has plagued the German economy for some years, and as all institutes predict will keep it on painful low flights (+0.2% to 0.4% in the next two years?

The Rheinmetall flagship

The truth is that for some time it has been the industries of the space, or those that have turned their eyes into such activities, holding the flag of the German stock market raised. This Thursday, the share of the company Rheinmetall, a predominantly representative of the German war industry, temporarily stopped a frenzied rally. There had been statements by leadership of executives who discounted that the entry into the era of re -equipment would launch the company’s turnover by 30% or even 40%. Even if Ukraine’s war ends tomorrow, both herself and other Europeans will continue to buy weapons in the coming years. AMMI PAPERGER, CEO of the company, promised to transform it into an unprecedented opportunities and challenges, promising to turn it into a “world player”. Economists, who usually fall out of their forecasts, may now feel more confident about their own forecasts.

It is logical, it would be said, for the German government to support its own industries. However, he will not forget to do some jokes on the traditional military -industrial French allies and not leave the transatlantic friends, no matter how much Trump has disappointed. Boris Pistorius, who still remains the Minister of Defense, wants, as the Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote, the purchase of at least 35 US F-35 fighters cost 10 billion euros. Obviously, when the US president was asking Berlin a rise in military spending, he had some such contracts in his mind.

Great clientele, fast funding

The “flowering” of the industry is a global phenomenon. A few months ago, the Financial Times talked about the big “bam” of the war industry and calculated the immediate needs of the 20 largest companies in an additional 37,000 employees.

Small newly established companies that produce what can be imagined about war, from drones to robotic, remote -controlled narcotics, ensure fast clientele and easy liquidity, if needed even through special NATO channels, as German TV showed Wednesday night. Europe’s economy is increasingly ‘variant’ color.