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Germany plans to reduce development aid by 12% in its draft budget while dramatically boosting its defense budget due to the war in Ukraine.That has critics up in arms.[_link]— DW News (@dwnews) March 27, 2022
Germany plans to reduce development aid by 12% in its draft budget while dramatically boosting its defense budget due to the war in Ukraine.That has critics up in arms.[_link]
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Less money for German development aid? | DW News | Over the next five years, the German armed forces are set to receive an additional 100 billion in "special asset" funding -- separate from the budget -- allowing the federal government to sidestep the budgetary matching rule. That concerns Welthungerhilfe's Mathias Mogge. If the German budget for development aid shrinks, then important and necessary measures in both humanitarian aid and longer-term development cooperation can no longer be implemented.
Over the next five years, the German armed forces are set to receive an additional 100 billion in "special asset" funding -- separate from the budget -- allowing the federal government to sidestep the budgetary matching rule.
That concerns Welthungerhilfe's Mathias Mogge. If the German budget for development aid shrinks, then important and necessary measures in both humanitarian aid and longer-term development cooperation can no longer be implemented.
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