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The record-breaking volume follows the government\u2019s commitment to placing tougher restrictions on arms sales, a promise from the campaign trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of mid-December, Germany had authorized the export of \u20ac11.7 billion ($12.8 billion) in defense articles, as revealed in a response to a parliamentary inquiry. Of this amount, \u20ac6.1 billion were weapons, with the remaining \u20ac5.6 billion classified as \u201cother defense articles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The previous record for arms exports was set in 2021, at \u20ac9.35 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An official tally for all of 2023 is expected from the Berlin government in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The largest chunk of exports last year was destined for Ukraine. Kyiv was authorized to receive over \u20ac4.1 billion in military exports from Germany in 2023, the preliminary numbers show. It marked a further increase in aid for Ukraine from \u20ac2.24 billion worth in authorized exports in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel, too, was among the top ten intended recipients, with \u20ac323 million earmarked for the country that has been at war with Hamas since Oct. 7. This marked a tenfold increase over 2022, German public broadcaster ARD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/innenpolitik\/ruestung-exporte-regierung-100.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These export authorizations to governments engaged in hostilities further called into question Germany\u2019s self-imposed restriction of not exporting arms to active war zones, a norm that was already qualified in Chancellor Olaf Scholz\u2019s pivotal \u201cturning point\u201d (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2022\/03\/11\/unpacking-germanys-billion-dollar-spending-question\/\"><i>Zeitenwende<\/i><\/a><i>\u201d<\/i>) speech following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scholz\u2019s Social Democrats had made it one of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spd.de\/fileadmin\/Dokumente\/Beschluesse\/Programm\/SPD-Zukunftsprogramm.pdf\">campaign promises<\/a> to enact a new law restricting arms exports to governments engaged in war or with problematic human rights records. The governing coalition of Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals enshrined the promise as a separate point in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spd.de\/fileadmin\/Dokumente\/Koalitionsvertrag\/Koalitionsvertrag_2021-2025.pdf\">coalition treaty<\/a> in November 2021 and published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwk.de\/Redaktion\/DE\/Downloads\/P-R\/eckpunkte-ruestungsexportkontrollgesetz-entwurf.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&#038;v=1\">ten-page proposal<\/a> containing the key points. The text straddled calls for stricter benchmarks on the one hand and the need for geopolitical maneuvering on the other. Since then, the initiative appears to have largely stalled, overshadowed by a fundamental reassessment of Germany\u2019s security situation in the aftermath of Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aside from Ukraine, the top intended recipients in 2023 were Norway (\u20ac1.2 billion), Hungary (\u20ac1 billion), the UK (\u20ac655 million) and the U.S. (\u20ac545 million). 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