Germany’s far right wants to DOGE its foreign aid agency – POLITICO

BERLIN — The German far right wants to abolish the ministry responsible for foreign aid, and it’s seizing on a fraud scandal at the country’s development agency to press its case.

At the center of the controversy is GIZ, the German Agency for International Cooperation, where 24 employees from its Yemen office were dismissed over “commercial irregularities.” 

While the full extent of the alleged misdoings has yet to be established, an internal GIZ assessment estimates the damage runs to tens of millions of euros, according to two people familiar with the document who were granted anonymity to describe it.