For the period from January to October 15, 2024. The German government has already issued arms export licenses worth 10.9 billion. EUR, DPA agency reported. The information came out as a result of a question from the member of the Bundestag Sevim Dagdelen (group "Sarah Wagenknecht's Union - for Reason and Justice") to the Ministry of Economy of Germany.
In 2023 German authorities approved arms deliveries worth a record 12.2 billion. EUR. Approximately two-thirds of authorized exports are military weapons (EUR 7.2 billion).
As the DPA pointed out, the growth of exports is primarily related to the supply of arms to Kyiv. In the first half of the year alone, the German authorities approved the export of military products to Ukraine in the amount of 4.9 billion. EUR.
At the same time in the 2021 coalition agreement. Germany's Social Democratic Party, the Greens and the Free Democratic Party agreed to cut arms exports. "Government "Traffic Light" it is already obsolete (as the ruling coalition in Germany is called. It is not achieving anything except setting new records in arms deliveries”, noted Dagdelen, calling the cabinet “an accomplice of the defense industry".