#Germany: Preparing for the US exit from Ukraine, Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin.
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🗓️ 15 November 2023
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#Germany: Preparing for the US exit from Ukraine, Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-set-double-its-ukraine-military-aid-under-scholz-plan-bloomberg-news-2023-11-12/
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| 0:40.7 | She's in Berlin, and I go again to a remarks by the Chancellor of |
| 0:45.0 | Germany, Mr Schultz, made these remarks in these last days in Frankfurt. |
| 0:51.0 | German Chancellor Olaf Schultz's governing coalition has agreed in principle to double the country's military aid for Ukraine next year to 8 billion euros. |
| 1:00.0 | If approved by Parliament, Mr Schultz's parties hold a majority in Parliament, the boost |
| 1:05.1 | would lift Germany's defense spending to 2.1% of its gross domestic product. |
| 1:10.4 | A spokesperson for Germany's Ministry of Defense said the Bundestag, that's the German Parliament or Congress, |
| 1:16.0 | has not finished negotiations and declined to comment further about this ambition. |
| 1:22.0 | Judy, this is strong support for Ukraine. |
| 1:25.1 | At the same time, I report to you that support for Ukraine |
| 1:29.6 | is at sea in Washington, D.C. |
| 1:32.3 | and it's not at all clear that it can come back to the levels it |
| 1:35.8 | did the first year. Is Berlin, is the coalition government watching that the US is suddenly becoming |
| 1:43.4 | gun shy. Yes, there's no doubt about this and it's just not in Germany. It's |
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