Dutch surplus arms to Jordan
The Dutch government should reconsider its arms export policy to Jordan considering the recent scandals and developments in the region. It should…
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Component control
In December 2014 Dutch MP’s, Servaes (Labour) and Sjoerdsma (Liberals) published a report called: ‘Weapons and principles, ambitions for a reliable and…
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Voice crying in the wilderness
‘Better late than never,’ wrote an anti arms trade activist from London when the 2014 EU Consolidated report on arms exports finally…
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European military industry: EU, give us 3.5 billion euros for military research
On 25 February a so-called ‘Group of Personalities’ (GoP) released the report ‘European Defence Research: The case for an EU-funded defence R&T…
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Hoger defensiebudget voor nieuwe onderzeeërs
Al jaren bereidt de krijgsmacht in stilte de aanschaf van nieuwe onderzeeërs voor. Het wordt een peperduur ontwikkelingsproject op een markt met…
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Higher defence budget for new submarines
“We were waiting for the call to shoot,” an elderly man told me prior to a meeting on the acquisition of new…
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More, always more..
NATO budgets for arms acquisitions are growing. In the NATO report on 2015 the military treaty organisation states that in 2014, 17.4%…
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Dutch missile technology to Saudi Arabia?
Germany “supports the supply of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia,” concluded Left Party Bundestag member Jan van Aken in a reaction to…
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Figures for action
“Developing nations from 2011 to 2014 received 62% of the value of all international arms deliveries.” It is a text from the…
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Letterbox arms companies in the Netherlands
Tax evasion and weapon production
A few kilometres from the office of Stop Wapenhandel in Amsterdam, many arms companies have financial holdings,…
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