BERLIN, June 13 (Reuters) - Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government is set to unveil Germany's first National Security Strategy on Wednesday which aims to provide an overview of the country's foreign policy and ensure a cohesive cross-ministry approach to security.
Germany has had policy documents in the past addressing security but Scholz's three-way coalition agreed it wanted a more comprehensive strategy in its pact in November 2021.
Scholz said Germany from now on would invest more than 2% of economic output on defence up from around 1.5% currently, after years of resisting pleas from NATO allies to do so - a pledge expected to be included in the National Security Strategy.
The document is unlikely to go into Germany's policy on China at length, however, as the government is expected to publish a separate China strategy later this year.
One of the most contentious issues was the idea of a National Security Council, which the government eventually abandoned due to disagreements over where it should be housed.
Persons:
Olaf Scholz's, Germany's, Scholz, Nils Schmid, Mikko Huotari, Thorsten Benner, Sarah Marsh, Andreas Rinke, Lincoln
Organizations:
Security, National Security, Scholz's Social, Mercator Institute for China Studies, Greens, National Security Council, Global Public Policy Institute, Thomson
Locations:
BERLIN, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, China