NGOs decry German development budget as ‘irresponsible’

EurActiv reported on several non-governmental organisations criticising the German government over the failure to keep its financial commitments on development policy, namely in light of Germany's top economic status.

The German coalition parties had agreed to increase the development budget by €2 billion until 2017. According to NGO calculations, this would mean growing to a maximum of 0.45%. But according to the article, budget plans were far from reaching the self-imposed target.

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