Editing Claudia Roth (section)

===Arms exports===
In 2010, Roth publicly called for "more stringent control over and sharper criteria governing arms exports."<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/booming-business-germany-now-world-s-third-largest-arms-exporter-a-683598.html "Booming Business: Germany Now World's Third Largest Arms Exporter"], ''[[Spiegel Online]]'', 15 March 2010.</ref> In 2014, she – alongside fellow Green Party parliamentarians [[Katja Keul]] and [[Hans-Christian Ströbele]] – lodged a complaint before the [[Federal Constitutional Court of Germany]], arguing that it was unconstitutional for the government to keep the Bundestag in the dark about planned arms deals because it prevented the parliament from fulfilling its role of keeping the government in check. The court ruled that while the government did not have to disclose information about planned defense exports, it did have an obligation to provide the Bundestag with details, on request, once specific arms deals had been approved.<ref>[http://www.dw.de/german-court-rules-against-more-disclosure-in-arms-deals/a-18009863 "German court rules against more disclosure in arms deals"], ''Deutsche Welle'', 21 October 2014.</ref> In a 2015 interview with ''[[Welt am Sonntag]]'', Roth singled out exports to [[Saudi Arabia]] for criticism, calling the country "the top terror exporter in the Middle East" and raising concerns that the country's leaders may turn weapons sold by Germany on their own people.<ref name="df2015">[http://www.dw.de/gabriel-to-call-for-badawi-release-negotiate-contracts/a-18301896 "Gabriel to call for Badawi release, negotiate contracts"], ''Deutsche Welle'', 7 March 2015.</ref>