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 "title": "Damen Claims EUR 4.7bn From Germany Over the F126 Termination — Contractual Payment and Indemnity Claims, Not Damages",
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 "published": "2026-10-01T19:31:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-06T19:31:49.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBerlin, 1 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding, prime contractor on the six-ship F126 frigate programme until the defence ministry ended it on 24 June, claims EUR 4,679,663,394 net from the Federal Republic, its lawyer Peter Gauweiler wrote to members of the Bundestag's budget and defence committees and to Boris Pistorius, the defence minister\n * Gauweiler: \"These are not extra-contractual damages claims, but initially exclusively claims agreed by contract",
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