德国发展部长寻求为援乌资金豁免「债务刹车」 称预算削减下现有支持难以维持
据路透社10月17日报道，德国发展部长雷姆·阿拉巴利·拉多万在曼谷出席国际货币基金组织与世界银行年会期间接受采访时表示，她正寻求让乌克兰援助资金豁免于德国宪法规定的「债务刹车」借贷上限。她的理由是，德国对乌克兰的民事支持有很大一部分来自发展部预算，而随着发展援助预算持续削减，现有支持水平将难以维持。
拉多万公布的数字显示，她所在部今年用于乌克兰的资金约为3.3亿欧元（约3.71亿美元），低于2022年的6.7亿欧元与2023年的7.5亿欧元。她说，俄罗斯的攻击比以往更猛烈，造成更多死亡与破坏，但预算削减意味着危机工具最先受冲击，因为灵活资金尚未被预先承诺。她的提议得到外交部长约翰·瓦德富尔的支持，但执政联盟内部分保守派成员反对在国防开支之外再扩大豁免。
拉多万来自社民党，是总理默茨领导的执政联盟中的小伙伴政党。她同时表示支持默茨呼吁其他国家增加贡献：「我们是最坚定的支持者，我相信其他国家能够、也应该贡献更多。」德国是乌克兰最大的欧洲支持国之一，援乌资金安排将成为其后续预算谈判的议题之一。（GSM 据路透社报道）
拉多万说：「俄罗斯的袭击比以往任何时候都更猛烈，造成更多死亡、破坏与苦难。但随着发展援助预算持续削减，我们根本无法把对乌克兰的支持维持在这个水平。」
German Development Minister Seeks Debt-Brake Exemption to Sustain Aid for Ukraine
Germany's development minister is seeking an exemption from the country's constitutional debt brake for Ukraine funding, Reuters reported on October 17. Reem Alabali Radovan made the case in an interview on Friday on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, arguing that much of Germany's civilian support for Ukraine comes from her ministry's budget and that continued cuts to development assistance would make that support impossible to maintain.
Funding for Ukraine in her ministry's budget amounts to about 330 million euros ($371 million) this year, down from 670 million euros in 2022 and 750 million euros in 2023, she said. Russian attacks are more severe than ever, she added, but with large parts of her budget already committed for the long term, the cuts fall hardest on flexible crisis instruments. Her proposal is backed by Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul of the conservative CDU, but faces opposition from other CDU members who resist further exceptions to the borrowing rules beyond those already approved, such as for defense spending.
Alabali Radovan, a Social Democrat in the junior partner of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's governing coalition, said she supports Merz's call for other countries to contribute more. "We are the strongest supporters, and I believe others can and should contribute more," she said. Germany is among Ukraine's largest European backers, and the funding question will feed into the coalition's coming budget negotiations. (GSM, based on Reuters reporting)
'The Russian attacks are more severe than ever, leading to more deaths, more destruction, more suffering. But as budget cuts for development assistance continue, we simply will not be able to maintain our support for Ukraine at this level,' she said.
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