Germany, one of the most generous donor countries, has sharply reduced its official development assistance under Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose three-party coalition government took power at the end of 2021. And it plans to continue to do so.
Sharp cuts in 2023 had already led to €1.7 billion in cuts in the development budget at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ, and €430 million in the humanitarian budget, compared to 2022.
And when Parliament in January adopted a revised budget for 2024, nearly €1 billion ($1.08 billion) more was shaved off the foreign development budget and nearly €500 million from the humanitarian aid budget.