Politico reports that Germany's defense ministry privately warned, in briefing notes prepared for a parliamentary defense committee meeting, that moving too quickly to cut dependence on American weapons could jeopardize relations with Washington. Germany gets more than a third of its major arms imports from the United States — F-35 jets, Chinook helicopters and Patriot systems — and the notes caution that Berlin "cannot afford abrupt changes of course without jeopardizing the partnership," even as Patriot shortages complicate aid to Ukraine and the European Commission wants EU countries to spend at least half of procurement budgets on European-made equipment by 2030.