August 9, 2025
Germany’s partial weapons export banned Israel with conservative backlash
Chancellor Frederick Merz’s decision to stop the export of German weapons to Israel for use in the Gaza strip, “next notice” has not been met with fierce opposition from some members of his own orthodoxy. Christian Democratic Party (CDU) And its borean sister party, Christian Social Union (CSU),
Bundestag, CSU Parliamentary Group leader at Alexander Hoffman, told Germany’s biggest tabloid newspaper on Saturday Picture That his party “was not involved in this decision, and we consider it suspicious.”
Hoffman said, “This will be a departure for decades of continuity of foreign policy towards Israel and thus, at least some clarification is required. We will discuss it internal with the alliance.”
Some conservatives are criticizing Mars for going against Germany’s “state rasan” (cause of the state). Given the history of Holocaust, the German state sees a special responsibility for Israel.
CDU Safety Policy Specialist Roderich Casiveer criticized the decision as “serious political and strategic mistake by Germany”.
Foreign policy experts of CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group are meeting on Sunday through videoconfriend to discuss the issue.
But other people of the CDU/CSU alliance have welcomed the decision, including CDU Foreign Policy expert Norbert Rotgen.
“This response is correct and, unfortunately, has become indispensable due to recent decisions of the Israeli government,” Rotten told the regional newspaper. Rainiscay Post,
Hence Merz has received support from her junior coalition partner.
On Friday, the co-leader of the Center-Left Social Democratic Party (SPD), Vice Chancellor Lars Klingable said, “We provide our complete solidarity with the state of Israel, but the mistakes should be called.”
