German armament policy : The yaw rate at the edge of hypocrisy

The Federal security Council has not reached an agreement about whether the stop of the supply of arms to Saudi is set to expire Arabia. The representatives of the CDU and the CSU were in favor of the SPD. The further delivery of patrol boats to the government in Riyadh had been stopped in November after the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The patrol boats are symbolic of that passage in the coalition agreement, according to the States involved in the war in Yemen, no weapons may be provided. The SPD has set.

the dispute between The coalition partners, the patrol boats is another indication of a fundamental dispute over the role of Germany in Nato and in the European Union. The SPD wants to, that is fundamentally more moral than the Alliance-oriented Considerations determine the use of the armed forces and the participation in the production of armaments. In the case of the Bundeswehr, as Germany wanted to pull specialists from the multi-national crews of the Awacs surveillance aircraft.

Paris and London say: Only those who provide weapons, has also threatened impact

This would have the commitment solid. In the arms policy to all projects in which multiple countries are involved. Currently, this also applies to the Eurofighter Typhoon and Tornado fighter jets, to which German companies components. Through the abroad as rigorously registered Berlin-based export controls, such projects are at risk. Especially in France and great Britain openly about the construction of "Germany is talking-free" systems.

The German emphasis on the moral component in the case of arms deals is seen by allies as hypocritical. Germany is one of the largest arms suppliers in the world. German Leopard II tanks to Turkey, delivered, shooting in Syria, Kurdish militias, the we and the United States view, actually, as our allies in the fight against dictator Assad. This shows how delicate the moral question.

In Paris and London, the political powers of the Central two atom, the view that only one country, the supplies of weapons, ultimately has an influence on the political development in the recipient country. Within the Alliance is the joint development and production of weapons systems is not only an economic, but also a logistical question. And that the Germans are of the opinion that in games morality a greater role than in the French or British politics, is perceived as overbearing and arrogant.

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In the case of humans, in the dispute on arms exports are now more legal issues, both Nations do not like to be notes from Berlin – finally, you have led both against the worst human rights transgressor on the continent a successful war.