{"id":67402,"date":"2024-01-04T18:04:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T18:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/01\/04\/germany-weighs-role-in-red-sea-naval-protection-force\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:01:14","slug":"germany-weighs-role-in-red-sea-naval-protection-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2024\/01\/04\/germany-weighs-role-in-red-sea-naval-protection-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany weighs role in Red Sea naval protection force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COLOGNE, Germany \u2014 The German government is weighing its scant options for contributing to an international mission aimed at protecting maritime traffic in the Red Sea from missile attacks by Yemen-based Houthi rebels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The considerations come as the United States initiated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2023\/12\/19\/us-unveils-international-force-to-defend-red-sea-heres-what-we-know\/\">Operation Prosperity Guardian<\/a> last month following attacks on civilian cargo ships transiting the vital trade route. The Houthis have claimed solidarity with Palestine amid the Israel-Hamas war as their motive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany, meanwhile, is prepared to contribute to a European Union-led naval protection force, an option still under examination by bloc officials in Brussels, German foreign affairs office spokesman Sebastian Fischer told reporters Dec. 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fischer noted that a dedicated, EU-led Red Sea mission is the most likely course at the moment because one member state still opposes expanding the mandate of an existing EU effort in the region \u2014 the Atalanta anti-piracy mission based on the Red Sea\u2019s southern end in Djibouti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany is not listed as a participant in the American-led Operation Prosperity Guardian. But other European members include the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Norway, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in announcing the initiative on Dec. 18. A spokesperson for the Spanish Defence Ministry subsequently told Defense News that Madrid had yet to make that decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Danish government announced in late December it would contribute a frigate, pending parliamentary approval, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German government doesn\u2019t appear to have a preference about which group to join \u2014 the U.S. initiative or a prospective EU push, according to Sebastian Bruns, a senior naval researcher at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University. 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