Trends towards the defunding of European Peacebuilding: German ODA cuts as a case in point

The article explores Germany's 2024 federal budget, which underwent significant austerity measures, impacting sectors such as official development assistance (ODA) and peacebuilding, exacerbated by a Constitutional Court ruling against reallocating funds from Covid recovery initiatives. This comes amid a broader European trend of increasing defense investments over traditional ODA and peacebuilding efforts, emphasizing the need to reassess funding priorities amidst rising global conflict risks.