{"id":451855,"date":"2025-09-26T03:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T03:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/451855\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T03:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T03:01:13","slug":"germany-cuts-new-arms-export-approvals-for-israel-to-zero-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/451855\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany cuts new arms export approvals for Israel to zero \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The reply makes clear there is a discrepancy. While the chancellor presented the measure as a targeted restriction, the result so far has been a broader freeze, suggesting that ministries are erring on the side of caution and holding back approvals.<\/p>\n<p>Thoden, a member of The Left group, raised the issue in a formal parliamentary question, asking what permits had been granted since Merz\u2019s pledge and how Berlin would enforce the restriction. His request asked the government to provide a full breakdown of permits by date, quantity and weapon type.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Germany has long counted itself among Israel\u2019s key defense partners in Europe. The disclosure follows an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/presse\/hib\/kurzmeldungen-1101796?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier inquiry from the same far-left party<\/a> that revealed Germany had approved arms exports to Israel worth about \u20ac251 million between early 2024 and mid-2025.<\/p>\n<p>The decision has triggered debate at home. Some in Merz\u2019s own conservative bloc say limiting exports undermines Germany\u2019s credibility as a partner, while others \u2014 especially in the opposition \u2014 argue it doesn&#8217;t go far enough because previously approved licenses remain untouched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The reply makes clear there is a discrepancy. While the chancellor presented the measure as a targeted restriction,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[473,2000,299,1214,1945,1824,837,1815,1116],"class_list":{"0":"post-451855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-defense","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-exports","12":"tag-friedrich-merz","13":"tag-germany","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-israel-hamas-war","16":"tag-weapons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115268372679674383","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}