MUNICH, Feb 17 (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Saturday his his government will ease red tape for investments into defence companies as Berlin ramps up its military spending in the face of the Ukraine war.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Lindner told Reuters his government wanted to work to reduce the stigma for some investors to put their money into defence companies.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government had promised to rapidly increase defence spending after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, in what Scholz dubbed a “Zeitenwende” – or…