Germany Ready to Lift Veto on Sale of Eurofighters to Saudi
- Foreign minister announced policy reversal during Israel trip
- Government argues Middle East security situation has changed
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government signaled it’s prepared to reverse course and back the sale of additional Eurofighter aircraft to Saudi Arabia, though it said it might take several years for them to be delivered.
Scholz said as recently as July that his ruling coalition wouldn’t support exports of the aircraft to Saudi Arabia in the near future. The policy pushed by the Greens was part of an agreement between the three parties in the alliance in Berlin not to supply weapons to countries involved in the conflict in Yemen.