Is Germany not the #2 funding source for NATO's operating budget...and the #2 country for troop deployments, per that link? Way to deflect and shy away from any meaningful discussion about the posted topic...i.e. Germany is NOT standing back and acting like a "free rider"...it has a new chancellor as the head of a multi-party coalition...each with different perspectives on how the country should be run...that has policy implications...but that sort of awareness doesn't come through in your post.
So, I ask, are you going to enter into a substantive discussion on anything?...or just keep doing whatever it is that you do...