Half of the €100 billion budget for a special fund to strengthen the Bundeswehr (Armed Forces of Germany) may go to American companies due to the tough export policy of the German government, Spiegel magazine said with reference to the statement of the CEO of the German military-industrial concern Renk Susanne Wiegand, Report informs.
According to her assessment, in the special fund of the German armed forces "there are not too many assets left for German industry", which is due to the government's refusal to consider the country's defense industry as a strategic one. According to Wiegand, "even Western partners see an obstacle" in the tough position of the German government on arms exports, which "reduces the chances of German arms companies to participate in international projects." French authorities, as Wiegand notes, have "much clearer guidelines" in this regard. The general director of the German concern also offered to consider the export applications of the German defense industry on an individual basis.