By Jessica ParkerBBC Berlin correspondent
ReutersEurope will need 10 years before it is fully ready to defend itself, the boss of Germany’s biggest defence firm, Rheinmetall, told the BBC.
Armin Papperger said that ammunition stocks are currently “empty”.
He made the comments during a visit by Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a foundation-laying ceremony for a major new arms manufacturing plant in Lower Saxony.
Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen were also in attendance.
The comments come a day after comments by US presidential hopeful Donald Trump sparked fresh alarm in Europe.
The frontrunner for the Republican nomination said he once told a world leader he would not protect Nato members who don’t pay their…
