Germany's draft federal budget for 2025 proposes significant cuts to the Economic Cooperation and Development Ministry, allocating 10.3 billion euros, which is nearly 1 billion less than in 2024. This trend of slashing budgets marks the second consecutive year of reductions, contrasting sharply with 2022's spending of 13.8 billion on development aid. Amid growing international conflicts and U.S. cuts to aid, advocates stress the urgency for stable funding for humanitarian assistance, as program shutdowns threaten to devastate aid for millions displaced and impoverished globally.
More than 100 million people are displaced, and more donor countries are pulling back—Germany needs stable funding for development cooperation and humanitarian aid.
Faced with sweeping international cutbacks, emergency aid coordinator Tom Fletcher warns that the impact on people in need and suffering from hunger would be devastating.
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