De Maiziere in the hot seat
June 11, 2013![Verteidigungsminister Thomas de Maizière (CDU) kommt am 10.06.2013 in die Bundespressekonferenz in Berlin zu einer Pressekonferenz zur "Euro Hawk"-Affäre. Foto: Michael Kappeler/dpa](https://static.dw.com/image/16871609_800.webp)
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During his testimony on Monday before the lower house of the German parliament, the Bundestag, De Maiziere admitted that he had made mistakes in the multi-billion-euro Euro Hawk project. But the defense minister refused to step down, saying he had learned important lessons from what went wrong with project.