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Deputy speaker of Germany’s Bundestag, Wolfgang Kubicki, said the country’s Foreign Minister Heiko Mass “should declare Richard Grenell persona non grata immediately”. Mr Kubicki added: "Anyone who, as a US diplomat, acts like a high commissioner of an occupying power, must learn that our tolerance also knows borders." Germany’s latest budget plan, drafted by Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, shows defence spending will rise to €2.1billion next year - 1.37 percent of GDP.

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But the United States has been angered as this figure would then drop to 1.29 percent in 2022, and to 1.25 percent by 2025.

NATO member states are meant to contribute two percent of their GDP towards defence spending by 2024 - a particular criticism from US President Donald Trump, who has demanded European allies increase their budgets significantly.

The US has been left furious by Germany’s new budget plan, who warned the decrease in an already low budget will anger the country’s allies.

The official Twitter account of the US embassy in Berlin tweeted Mr Grenell as saying: "Reducing its already unacceptable commitments to military readiness is a worrisome signal to Germany's 28 #NATO allies."

Wolfgang Kubicki Richard GrenellWolfgang Kubicki is furious at Richard Grenell over his criticism of Germany's latest budget plan (Image: GETTY)

But that the American ambassador interferes again in political questions of the sovereign Federal Republic, is no longer tolerable

Wolfgang Kubicki

Mr Kubicki said he didn’t want to defend the “political plans” of the Finance Minister but has been left furious by the criticism from the US.

He said: "But that the American ambassador interferes again in political

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