2026年6月14日 美国东部时间06:00 / 福克斯新闻
德国大使称：柏林已与美国国防公司签署价值超330亿美元的380余份合同
作者：埃弗拉特·拉赫特 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年6月14日 美国东部时间上午6:00
德国“正在加大投入”：大使提及330亿美元对美军购协议
德国驻美大使延斯·哈内费尔德表示，柏林有望在2035年之前将国防开支提升至GDP的5%。
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本文是审视北约联盟面临挑战系列报道的第六篇。
德国承诺将成为北约内部更强大的军事力量，德国驻华盛顿大使在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，在美国承担了联盟大部分军事负担数十年后，德国已准备好为欧洲安全承担更大责任。
“德国正在加大投入——我们听到了号召！”德国驻美大使延斯·哈内费尔德在独家专访中告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
德国总理弗里德里希·梅尔茨曾表示，德国武装部队应成为欧洲最强常规部队，哈内费尔德称，柏林的新军事战略现已支持这一目标。
英德防务官员为应对俄罗斯威胁下的扩军辩护
德国承诺将成为北约内部更强大的军事力量，德国驻华盛顿大使在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，德国已准备好为欧洲安全承担更大责任。（基拉·霍夫曼/Photothek 盖蒂图片社）
“俄罗斯的非法侵略战争撼动了欧洲和德国的旧有确定性，我们赖以生存的国际规则正受到挑战，”哈内费尔德说道。“这改变了我们所处的战略环境。”
“如今，德国是乌克兰最大的支持者，”哈内费尔德在书面答复中表示。“德国打造欧洲最强常规部队的决定，牢牢扎根于北约联盟框架内，这是一项持续的承诺。”
德国历史性的军事转型
此次转型标志着这个战后以军事克制为国防身份标签的国家发生了历史性转变。
二战结束后，西德仅被允许在西方联盟框架内重新武装，1955年加入北约，并将联邦国防军打造为一支嵌入集体防御体系的力量，而非独立的德国军事力量。统一后的数十年来，德国严重依赖美国的安全保护伞，且经常未能达到北约的开支目标，这引发了美国方面的多次不满，抱怨这个欧洲最大经济体未能承担起应尽的责任。
2022年俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰，迫使柏林重新审视这一国防姿态。时任总理奥拉夫·朔尔茨将这一转变称为“时代转折”（Zeitenwende）。如今梅尔茨正致力于将这一理念转化为长期的军事扩军计划。
哈内费尔德表示，在德国，正在推进的变革常被描述为“时代转折”，但他也承认，鉴于该国的历史，这场转型并非易事。
德国防长：若志愿兵人数不足，可能恢复征兵制
2022年5月10日，在德国蒙斯特的德军基地举行的北约演习中，一门榴弹炮的弹药正在展示，此次演习有来自9个国家的多达7500名士兵参与。（法比安·比默/路透社）
特朗普与梅尔茨的紧张关系令北约局势复杂化
此次扩军行动正值特朗普总统与梅尔茨公开摩擦的背景下展开，一位美国国防专家警告称，这可能会令威慑俄罗斯的关键决策复杂化。
紧张局势在梅尔茨批评华盛顿处理伊朗问题的方式后升级，他称美国在谈判中被伊朗领导层“羞辱”，并质疑特朗普政府的撤军策略。特朗普随即回击，指责梅尔茨在伊朗核问题上态度软弱，尽管梅尔茨曾表示绝不能让伊朗获得核武器。
这场争端很快波及北约政治。特朗普随后威胁将重新考虑美国在德国驻军裁减计划，并表示梅尔茨应花更多时间结束乌克兰战争、“修复他那个破败的国家”，而非就伊朗问题发表评论。
随后梅尔茨又引发了新的争议。他在德国对年轻听众发表讲话时表示，“如今”他不会建议子女在美国生活、学习或工作，理由是美国的社会环境正在改变，同时他也表示自己仍然“非常钦佩美国”，但“我的钦佩之情目前并未加深”。
德国总理梅尔茨将在关税与防务高层会晤中“适应”特朗普
2026年3月3日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普与德国总理弗里德里希·梅尔茨在华盛顿白宫椭圆形办公室会晤，讨论了包括美以近期对伊朗打击在内的多项议题。（温·麦克Name/盖蒂图片社）
退役海军少将马克·蒙哥马利是国防民主基金会高级研究员，也曾担任美国欧洲司令部官员，他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，梅尔茨在德国与学生的会面中如此谈论特朗普，并不符合专业外交准则，尤其是在特朗普总统以易怒著称的情况下。
“在德国与学生们交谈时诋毁总统，这不是专业的外交行为，尤其是这位总统众所周知脾气暴躁，”蒙哥马利说道。“在这种双边关系中，德国并非大国，美国才是，梅尔茨作为国家领导人本应表现出更多的克制。”
蒙哥马利表示，这些紧张关系可能会影响实质性的安全决策，包括在德国部署远程打击能力。
他批评美国近期推迟甚至可能取消向德国轮换部署远程打击系统的计划，他表示这些系统本应包括“战斧”巡航导弹、SM-6导弹或精确打击导弹。路透社5月报道称，德国国防部表示并未“最终取消”此次部署。
“美国国防部做出的这两项决定都不妥，”蒙哥马利说道。“这些武器系统对威慑俄罗斯至关重要。”
他表示，其目标并非在波兰、波罗的海国家或苏瓦乌基走廊与俄罗斯开战，而是首先阻止莫斯科发动攻击。
“而这些远程打击武器正是其中的重要一环。我对美国国防部的做法非常失望，”蒙哥马利说道。
一位知情人士表示，尽管有消息称美国可能减少在德参与，但美德防务关系依然牢固，合作也保持紧密。
“普京正在突破极限”：东欧盟友警告特朗普不要撤军
2026年5月11日，在波兰贝莫沃·皮斯基举行的北约“利剑2026”演习中，美国陆军士兵将一名模拟伤员抬进医疗后送车，此次演习测试了使用无人机和人工智能辅助医疗技术的新型战场撤离方法。（库巴·斯泰茨基/路透社）
欧洲未来的国防工业基础
“德国发展壮大、实力雄厚的国防工业基础对北约有利，对西方安全有利，甚至对我们的主要防务承包商也有利，”蒙哥马利说道，他认为德国而非波兰、法国或英国，最有可能成为欧洲未来国防工业基地的“核心”。
长期以来，德国一直是美国在欧洲军事存在的核心。哈内费尔德指出拉姆施泰因空军基地、兰德施图尔区域医疗中心和格拉芬沃尔训练区，都是德国对美国力量投射和北约威慑仍具重要性的例证。
“这些设施服务于美国的国家安全利益和美军人员，也进一步增强了北约的威慑和防御能力，”他说道。“我相信：北约的核心仍将是跨大西洋属性，但在未来十年里将变得更加欧洲化。”
在2025年海牙北约峰会上，各盟国同意到2035年每年将国防及相关防务开支提升至GDP的5%，其中包括核心军事开支和更广泛的安全投资。据德国政府消息，梅尔茨当时表示，这一决定旨在保障“自由、安全与繁荣”。
哈内费尔德表示，德国已经在朝着这一标准迈进，称柏林将在2035年“之前”将国防开支提升至GDP的5%，并为联邦国防军招募近10万名新现役士兵。
他还反驳了美国批评人士的观点，即德国和其他欧洲盟国仍未承担起公平的防务负担。哈内费尔德称，德国已与美国国防公司签署了价值超过330亿美元的380余份合同，用于采购和制造战斗机、运输直升机、防空系统和弹药。
“这是对跨大西洋未来的预付款，也是我们将威慑和防御负担转移到欧洲的政治承诺的体现，”哈内费尔德说道。
特朗普推动北约大幅扩军——现在面临更棘手的问题：欧洲真的能战斗吗？
2025年9月24日；美国佐治亚州奥古斯塔：德国联邦共和国驻美大使延斯·哈内费尔德在奥古斯塔铜业公司里士满工厂的首批熔炼仪式上发表讲话。奥古斯塔铜业是一家金属回收厂。（凯蒂·古德尔-奥古斯塔纪事报/今日美国网络）
捍卫北约东翼
德国最引人注目的承诺之一是在立陶宛部署永久旅级部队，预计将包括约5000名德国军事和文职人员。联邦国防军表示，该部队有望在三年内全面具备保卫北约波罗的海地区东翼的作战能力。
哈内费尔德称，该旅是德国“标志性举措”之一，旨在让波罗的海盟国放心，北约“将保卫盟国领土的每一寸土地”。
对德国而言，这一转变不仅关乎军费开支。更是与数十年来对军事力量的谨慎态度在政治和文化上的决裂。对美国而言，这也是一次考验：这个长期被特朗普和其他美国领导人批评军费开支不足的盟友，如今能否成为华盛顿所要求的欧洲防务支柱。
哈内费尔德表示，柏林正是朝着这个方向前进。
“北约的核心仍将是跨大西洋属性，”他说道，“但在未来十年里将变得更加欧洲化。”
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Germany pledges to build Europe’s strongest army as NATO allies answer Trump pressure
2026-06-14 06:00 EDT / Fox News
Berlin has signed more than 380 contracts worth over $33B with U.S. defense companies, ambassador says
By Efrat Lachter Fox News
Published June 14, 2026 6:00am EDT
Germany ‘is stepping up’: Ambassador touts $33B in U.S. defense deals
Germany’s Ambassador to the U.S., Jens Hanefeld, says Berlin is on course to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP well before 2035.
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This is part six of a series examining the challenges confronting the NATO alliance.
Germany is pledging to become a more powerful military force inside NATO, with Berlin’s ambassador to Washington telling Fox News Digital that the country is ready to assume greater responsibility for European security after decades in which the United States carried much of the alliance’s military burden.
“Germany is stepping up — we heard the call!” German Ambassador to the United States Jens Hanefeld told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said Germany’s armed forces should become the strongest conventional army in Europe, a goal Hanefeld said is now backed by Berlin’s new military strategy.
UK, GERMAN DEFENSE OFFICIALS DEFEND MILITARY BUILDUP UNDER RUSSIAN THREATS
Germany is pledging to become a more powerful military force inside NATO, with Berlin’s ambassador to Washington telling Fox News Digital that the country is ready to assume greater responsibility for European security.(Kira Hofmann/Photothek via Getty Images)
“Russia’s illegal war of aggression has shaken old certainties in Europe and Germany as the international rules we have relied on are being challenged,” Hanefeld said. “This changes the strategic environment we operate in.”
“Today, Germany is Ukraine’s largest supporter,” Hanefeld said in written answers. “Germany’s decision to become Europe’s strongest conventional army, well anchored in the NATO alliance, is an ongoing commitment.”
Germany’s historic military shift
The shift marks a historic turn for a country whose postwar military identity was built around restraint.
After World War II, West Germany was allowed to rearm only within a Western alliance framework, joining NATO in 1955 and building the Bundeswehr as a force embedded in collective defense rather than independent German power. For decades after reunification, Germany relied heavily on the U.S. security umbrella and often lagged behind NATO spending targets, feeding repeated American complaints that Europe’s largest economy was not pulling its weight.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 forced Berlin to begin rethinking that posture. Then-Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the shift a “Zeitenwende,” or turning point. Merz is now seeking to turn that phrase into a long-term military buildup.
In Germany, Hanefeld said, the changes underway are often described as a “Zeitenwende,” but he acknowledged that the transformation does not come easily given the country’s history.
GERMAN DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS MILITARY DRAFT COULD RETURN IF VOLUNTEER NUMBERS FALL SHORT
Ammunition for a howitzer is displayed during NATO training at a German army base in Munster, Germany, on May 10, 2022, involving up to 7,500 soldiers from nine nations.(Fabian Bimmer/Reuters)
Trump–Merz tensions complicate NATO politics
The effort is unfolding against a backdrop of public friction between President Donald Trump and Merz, a dispute that a U.S. defense expert warned could complicate critical decisions on deterring Russia.
The tension escalated after Merz criticized Washington’s handling of the Iran war, saying the United States was being “humiliated” by Iran’s leadership in negotiations and questioning the Trump administration’s exit strategy. Trump fired back by accusing Merz of being soft on Iran’s nuclear program, even though Merz has said Iran must not obtain a nuclear weapon.
The dispute quickly spilled into NATO politics. Trump later threatened to review possible U.S. troop reductions in Germany and said Merz should spend more time ending the war in Ukraine and “fixing his broken country” than commenting on Iran.
Then Merz added another irritant. Speaking to a young audience in Germany, he said he would not advise his children to live, study or work in the United States “today,” citing America’s changing social climate, while also saying he remained “a great admirer of America,” but “My admiration isn’t growing at the moment.”
GERMANY’S MERZ TO ‘ADAPT’ TO TRUMP DURING HIGH-STAKES MEETING ON TARIFFS, DEFENSE
President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2026, to discuss issues including recent U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.(Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former U.S. European Command official, told Fox News Digital that Merz was wrong to speak that way about Trump at a moment when Germany needs Washington’s support.
“Talking trash about the president at a meeting with school kids in Germany is not professional diplomacy, and especially a president who is well-known to be prickly as President Trump,” Montgomery said. “Germany is not the big country in this relationship, the United States is, and Merz needed to show more discipline as a national leader.”
Montgomery said those tensions risk affecting hard security decisions, including long-range strike capabilities in Germany.
He criticized recent U.S. moves to delay or potentially cancel a rotational deployment of long-range strike systems to Germany, which he said would have included Tomahawk, SM-6 or Precision Strike Missile capabilities. Reuters reported in May that Germany’s defense ministry said there had been no “definitive cancellation” of the deployment.
“Both of these are bad decisions being made by our Department of Defense,” Montgomery said. “These are weapons systems that are incredibly important to deterring Russia.”
He said the goal is not to fight Russia in Poland, the Baltics or the Suwałki Gap, but to prevent Moscow from attacking in the first place.
“And those long-range strike weapons are a big part of that. And I’m very disappointed in our Department of Defense,” Montgomery said.
A source with knowledge of the matter said that despite briefings about possible decreases in U.S. involvement, the U.S.–Germany defense relationship remains strong and cooperation remains close.
‘PUTIN IS PUSHING THE LIMITS’: EASTERN ALLIES WARN TRUMP NOT TO PULL US TROOPS
U.S. Army soldiers carry a simulated casualty into a MEDEVAC vehicle during NATO’s Sword 26 exercise, which tests new battlefield evacuation methods using drones and AI-assisted medical technology in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, May 11, 2026.(Kuba Stezycki/Reuters)
Europe’s future defense industrial base
“Germany developing a large, impressive defense industrial base is good for NATO, it’s good for Western security, and it’s even good for our primes,” Montgomery said, arguing that Germany, not Poland, France or the United Kingdom, is most likely to become the “beating heart” of Europe’s future defense industrial base.
Germany has long been central to the U.S. military presence in Europe. Hanefeld pointed to Ramstein Air Base, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and the training area in Grafenwöhr as examples of Germany’s continuing importance to American power projection and NATO deterrence.
“These facilities serve U.S. national security interests and U.S. military personnel and further NATO’s ability to deter and defend,” he said. “I am confident: NATO will remain transatlantic at its core, but will become more European over the next decade.”
At the 2025 NATO summit in The Hague, allies agreed to invest 5% of GDP annually in defense and defense-related spending by 2035, including core military spending and broader security investments. Merz said at the time that the decision was meant to safeguard “freedom, security and prosperity,” according to the German government.
Hanefeld said Germany is already moving to meet that standard, saying Berlin will increase defense spending to 5% of GDP “well before” 2035 and recruit almost 100,000 new active-duty soldiers into the Bundeswehr.
He also pushed back against U.S. critics who argue that Germany and other European allies are still not carrying their fair share of the defense burden. Hanefeld said Germany has signed more than 380 contracts worth more than $33 billion with U.S. defense companies to procure and manufacture fighter jets, transport helicopters, air defense systems and ammunition.
“It’s a down payment on the transatlantic future and on our political commitment to shift the burden for deterrence and defense to Europe,” Hanefeld said.
TRUMP PUSHED NATO TO SPEND BIG — NOW COMES THE HARDER QUESTION: CAN EUROPE ACTUALLY FIGHT?
Sept 24, 2025; Augusta, Georgia, USA; H.E. Jens Hanefeld, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the U.S., speaks during the Aurubis first melt ceremony at Aurubis Richmond. Aurubis is a metal recycling plant.(Katie Goodale – Augusta Chronicle/USA TODAY NETWORK)
Defending NATO’s eastern flank
One of Germany’s most visible commitments is its permanent brigade in Lithuania, expected to include around 5,000 German military and civilian personnel. The Bundeswehr says the force is intended to become fully operational for the defense of NATO’s eastern flank in the Baltic region within three years.
Hanefeld called the brigade one of Germany’s “signature efforts” to reassure Baltic allies that NATO “will defend every inch of allied territory.”
For Germany, the change is not only about money. It is a political and cultural break with decades of caution about military power. For the United States, it is also a test of whether the ally long criticized by Trump and other U.S. leaders for underspending can now become the European backbone Washington has demanded.
NATO peacekeeping mission KFOR marks its 20th anniversary during a ceremony in Pristina.(Laura Hasani/Reuters)
Hanefeld said that is exactly where Berlin intends to go.
“NATO will remain transatlantic at its core,” he said, “but will become more European over the next decade.”
Efrat Lachter is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering international affairs and the United Nations. Follow her on X @efratlachter. Stories can be sent to efrat.lachter@fox.com.
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