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Bundestag clears EUR 7.2 billion for Germany to buy 40 percent KNDS stake

The Bundestag's Budget Committee cleared up to EUR 7.2 billion on 26 June for Germany, via KfW, to buy a 40 percent KNDS stake, matching France's reduced 40 percent holding ahead of a planned Paris and Frankfurt dual listing.

Verified Bundestag Haushaltsausschuss agenda document, 26 June 2026

What it does not test. Does not confirm the IPO has completed or that non-European investors have bought into KNDS.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Germany buys into already-EU-owned KNDS to match France; funds cleared, no line crossed. European Sovereignty Index

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