German Defence Industies in worldwide Demand

The defence industry sees itself as a supplementary part of German and European foreign, security and economic policy as it possess the state-of-the-art technologies that make intra-European and transatlantic cooperation possible in the first place.

German defence spending is extremely tight. For precisely that reason, uniform export regulations must apply in order to safeguard this strategic industrial sector, which employees around 80,000 people across Europe. The BDI calls on the politicians responsible to courageously pull down ideological blockades and offer a real perspective to employees in the defence industry.

The fact is: There is a global demand for defence equipment that is "Made in Germany", and the German industry would compete if only government policy would allow to do so!