FILE PHOTO: A Eurofighter Typhoon during the delivery of the 100th Eurofighter to the German air force, February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle/File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) want to extend a freeze on arms exports to Saudi Arabia imposed after the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, party sources said, setting the stage for a row with their conservative coalition partners.
Under pressure from European allies, many of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives want to end the ban to avoid hurting Germany's commercial reputation and undermining its ambitions to develop a common European defence policy.
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