By Rick Noack Rick Noack Foreign affairs reporter focusing on Europe and international security Email Bio Follow March 27 at 8:01 AM BERLIN — There are countries that punch above their weight, and there are countries that punch below their weight. And then, there are countries that aren’t quite sure in which category they want to belong.
Such a move would be more an acknowledgment of the fact that the halt worked the way human rights advocates had hoped, rather than an admission of the measures’ failure. Whereas analysts had previously dismissed the measures as being of little relevance given that France, Britain and the United States export most weapons to Saudi Arabia, the opposite has ended up being the case — mainly because of the close ties between the European economies.
So when Germany halted its exports to Saudi Arabia last year, it didn’t only restrict deliveries of fully assembled products, but also of exactly those components used by other companies. Abroad, the move was seen as a unilateral decision by the Germans that ended up forcing several manufacturers to halt exports to the Saudis.
On Tuesday, the French ambassador in Berlin, Anne-Marie Descôtes, doubled down on that criticism, writing that “credible export opportunities based on clear and predictable rules are an indispensable prerequisite for the continuation of our European defense industry.”
well, there are several countries to sell arms so it is not a problem at all.
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Worked all well? Germany is making a mistake! Saudi Arabia is significant allay.
Our money can buy everything ,Gemany
Maybe the US and/or Israel can step in.
Saudi Arabia has the money and does not care who stopped the sale of weapons, alternatives are available and abundant and there are other countries wish to deal with Saudi Arabia in this regard
We don't want them 🙃😹
smart Germany, no need to stop your business just because u don’t like Saudi Arabia or because u likes Hillary and Obama
Saudi Arabia fucked Germany so well, advise to Germany stop playing with big boys, keep with Africans or some other weak countries. do not play with us you well lose.
Our money serves us
We buy with our money from friendly countries, we do not need weapons or deals with them
Saudi Arabia is busy now especially from some leftist governments that try to blackmail Saudi Arabia the third biggest country in the world who spends on military
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Germany lose good Saudia Arabia for its foolishness lost her good deal with SKA thinks blocking SKA and there is no other way to buy arms world is huge and no one blocking SKA we don’t need a betrayed friends nor Germany arms the should apologize to SKA
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Saudi does not need expensive arms from Germany and we have TRUSTED friends inChina and Russia.
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