The German arms exports who, according to a media report almost doubled in the past year. 2015 are individual licenses for the export of arms in the amount of 7.86 billion euros was issued, reports the “Welt am Sonntag”, citing the “Military Equipment Report 2015″ of the Ministry of Economy, the Cabinet will decide on Wednesday.
2014, the government issued only arms exports worth 3.97 billion euros an export license. The arms exports are thus increased to the highest level in this century, the paper said.
With 7.86 billion euros, the volume in the past year have surpassed even those 7.5 billion Euro and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel in had called in February, citing preliminary figures.
the Ministry of economy refers to the 180-page report on a number of special factors, thereby artificially inflating the volume up. So fall in 2015, the approval of four tankers in Britain worth 1.1 billion euros. Deliveries of this type are problematic, as they “strengthen” a European strategy of defense policy and “to protect legitimate security interests” were, they say.
These is also the approval of battle tanks and self-propelled howitzers with ammunition and other escort vehicles to Qatar worth 1.6 billion euros. a permit was for these exports in 2013, ie still below the black-yellow coalition, issued, the report says. Gabriel had tried by its own account, to stop delivery, but was opposition from other ministers failed in the Federal Security Council. The Council must give applications of this kind of green light.
In the equally controversial arms sales to Saudi Arabia accounted for a “majority” in community programs or supplies to other countries such as France, the report says. Critics call for an immediate halt to all military equipment to Saudi Arabia, even indirectly.
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Overall, the government hate in 2015 according to the report as previously rejected 100 applications per year. 12,687 they gave a green light accordingly, more than 597, 2014.
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