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Do you support German arms exports?

August 13, 2012

Most Germans are generally opposed to Germany exporting weapons.

Kampfpanzer vom Typ Leopard 2 in voller Fahrt auf einem Testgelände (undatierte Aufnahme). Die Bundesregierung hat einem «Spiegel»-Bericht zufolge erstmals die Lieferung schwerer Kampfpanzer nach Saudi- Arabien genehmigt. Der Bundessicherheitsrat habe vor wenigen Tagen den Weg für den Export von modernen «Leopard II»-Panzern in das autoritär geführte Land frei gemacht, berichtet das Magazin. Die Saudis hätten Interesse an mehr als 200 Exemplaren. Der deutschen Rüstungsindustrie winkt damit ein Milliardengeschäft. Foto: KMW dpa (ACHTUNG: Veröffentlichung nur mit Angabe der Quelle Krauss-Maffei Wegmann) (zu dpa 0862 "«Spiegel»: Deutscher Panzer-Export nach Saudi-Arabien genehmigt" am 03.07.2011) +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
Image: picture-alliance/dpa/Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
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