Arms Exports: Why weapons of war to the Gulf states have to be reported after all

Following criticism of its export policy, the German government is revoking a recently issued export license for the Gulf States. The new regulation requires defense companies to explicitly report the export of weapons of war.

03. April 2026
Zehntausende werden am Wochenende auf Ostermärschen in mehr als hundert Städten bundesweit erwartet. Hier an Ostern 2023 nahe des rheinland-pfälzischen Fliegerhorsts Büchel.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in Easter marches in more than a hundred cities across the country this weekend. Here, at Easter 2023, near the Büchel Air Base in Rhineland-Palatinate. (picture alliance/dpa | Thomas Frey)

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Last updated: 03. April 2026