Germany is planning to nearly halve military aid for Ukraine next year, from around €8bn (£6.7bn; $8.7bn) to around €4bn, according to a draft budget approved by the government.
Finance Minister Christian Lindner said Ukraine’s financing was “secure for the foreseeable future” due to a G7 group of rich nations scheme to raise $50bn from interest on frozen Russian assets.
Germany is Ukraine’s second biggest military donor, after the US. In 2024, Berlin’s budget for Kyiv is set at nearly €7.5bn.
The ICJ, for one.
Not ruling something out and doing something are completely different things. For more, see my reply to the sibling comment.
What did they say? Unless serious actions are taken, their words don’t mean shit.
Here’s an exhaustive overview of the case so far with tons of links.
The courts words are, paraphrasing the gist, “Germany has export controls in place sufficient to avoid what Nicaragua accused it of, there are no signs that it’s not actually sticking to them, as such we don’t see any need to order Germany to do anything”.