German parties divided over Ukraine aid
For Germany's Green Party, the landscape is clear: A further aid package for Ukraine could be passed before the parliamentary election on February 23 – even though a budget for 2025 has not yet been approved. The package would include €3 billion ($3.1 billion) worth of weapons, primarily for Ukraine's air defense.
In fact, delivering weapons is not what is being disputed in Germany's current minority government, a coalition of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens, but rather its financing and timing.
Following the breakup of the "traffic light" coalition last year, the German parliament was unable to pass a federal budget for 2025. "The 2025 budget is not there, so the question of where the money should come from is justified," said Economy Minister Robert Habeck, who is also the Green Party's chancellor candidate.
Habeck believes there is still a chance to make the funds available. The Bundestag's budget committee could make a decision to take on........
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