Balance for 2020 Decline among Germans Arms exports

Status: 16.06.2021 2 p.m.

The federal government approved fewer exports of German armaments last year than in the previous year. For controversial exports to Egypt, however, millions again flowed. German companies that sell armaments abroad need a permit. These are summarized in the annual arms export report, which was the subject of the Federal Cabinet meeting today. Accordingly, significantly less armaments were sold abroad in the corona crisis year 2020 than in the previous year. 2019 was still a record year for the German arms industry: the German government had approved exports of weapons, submarines and tanks worth around eight billion euros. In comparison, the total was significantly lower last year at around 5.8 billion. Of course, the sum also fluctuates because in some years major projects are approved, in others not. Around half of the arms exports approved last year are intended for EU or NATO countries, or for countries that are on an equal footing with them, such as Japan, Switzerland or Australia.

June 16, 2021

Sale to Egypt under fire

More than half of the export licenses went to so-called third countries. Armaments from Germany should actually only go to these states in exceptional cases. Expressed as a sum, the export of goods worth almost three billion euros to such third countries was approved in the past. These include in particular Egypt, which ordered submarines and patrol ships from German shipyards worth around 764 million euros – according to the report by the Federal Ministry of Economics, the highest approved value among exports to third countries last year. Exports to Egypt are criticized by the churches, among others, because of allegations of human rights violations.

07/01/2021

In some war and crisis regions no weapons are delivered, for example Ukraine. The federal government recently had the advance of the Greens leader Robert Habeck refused for the delivery of defensive weapons. Arms control does not distinguish between offensive and defensive weapons.

Decline in exports, growth in imports

According to the Swedish peace research institute SIPRI, Germany is one of the five largest arms exporters in the world. While the sale of German armaments abroad declined in the past year, the Federal Republic increased the import of military equipment by more than five percent in 2020 . Last year, according to SIPRI, Germany invested around 44 billion euros in armaments, making it seventh worldwide. With information from Hans-Joachim Vieweger, ARD capital studio

But this time it can be said to have been pitted by “Extreme Challenge”, and because this episode of the show is based on fire protection, all the guests participating in the show have learned about fire protection knowledge. However, it was unexpected that the program team released a clip of Deng Lun smoking during a break, which immediately aroused heated discussion among many netizens.

In fact, the first time Deng Lun caused a controversy due to smoking was in 2016, and in the video captured, after he smoked the cigarette, the cigarette butt did not go out, but was directly thrown into the greenery on the side of the road.

At that time, Deng Lun’s reputation was not as high as it is now, but it still caused a lot of disturbance, but when the incident happened, Deng Lun also issued an apology statement on the platform as soon as possible, indicating that he would strive to become a better version of himself in the future. .

But many netizens at that time were not satisfied with Deng Lun’s apology statement, because in the apology statement, he did not clearly state his fault, his speech was unclear, and he was not sincere.

Some fans also commented: As adults, smoking is their own freedom, and others have no right to blame.

After that, Deng Lun became a high-traffic niche with his own efforts, and his popularity was also very good, so everyone naturally forgot about Deng Lun’s smoking incident.

But I didn’t expect that this time, Deng Lun was actually pitted by “Extreme Challenge”. The theme of this issue of “Extreme Challenge” is fire fighting. The eliminated guests will be in the rest area. Deng Lun himself also trusts the program group very much, so he did not expect that the smoking video will be released.

In the video, you can see that there were only two people, Yue Yue and Deng Lun, at first, and then Lei Jiayin also came over. During the conversation, it was obvious that Deng Lun was addicted to cigarettes. There was a burning cigarette between his fingertips. .

In fact, smoking itself is not a big problem, but as a public welfare partner of Shanghai Fire Fighting, Deng Lun was unable to control his smoking addiction during the recording of the program and gave the audience a bad demonstration. Therefore, netizens believed that Deng Lun was not worthy of this title.

Moreover, Deng Lun also called before: Don’t smoke in no-smoking areas, but he can’t do it. Although the places where Deng Lun smokes in the program are not no-smoking areas, it is ultimately a public place.

Of course, because the recording time of reality shows is very long, it is very test of the physical strength of the artist. After Deng Lun was eliminated, smoking to refresh himself is not a big problem, but I don’t know if it was edited deliberately or It was caused by carelessness, and the clip was left out, giving the audience a bad guide.

When the program team found out, although the video clips were modified and mosaics were added, Deng Lun’s image still suffered to a certain extent.

On the other hand, the relationship between Deng Lun and the program group is very cordial. Perhaps in front of people he knows, his vigilance and defensiveness have been slightly lowered, but he did not expect the program group to betray Deng Lun’s trust.

Moreover, so far, Deng Lun and the program team have not responded to this matter, it seems that they want to deal with it coldly, but Deng Lun’s popularity has still been damaged to some extent.

For adults, smoking is not illegal, but as a firefighting partner and an artist smoking in public is indeed a bad performance for the audience, so I hope that Deng Lun can strictly demand himself in the future, not to make fans. Arrived bad demonstration.

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