The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalya Baerbock, said favorable, Monday, April 11, to the provision of military equipment. The Chancellor Olaf Scholz, he still refuses to give his green light.
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Germany helps Ukraine as much as it claims? Could she support it more, and if so, why is not it the case?
In recent days, these issues have been growing in the German public debate. Including within the government, including the difficulty of displaying a clear and coherent line feeds the criticisms of those who blame him for not being actively engaged as it could beside Ukraine.
A new episode of this soap opera took place on Monday, April 11th. Since Luxembourg, where it was for a meeting with its European counterparts, the German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock (Greens), has been favorable to heavy weapons deliveries to Ukraine. “[This country] needs more military equipment, especially heavy weapons,” she said, explaining that “the horrible reality we have every day under the eyes” justifies “absolutely clearly” the provision of such arms. For that, “we need to be creative and pragmatism” to “help Ukraine as soon as possible,” she added. A few minutes later, his statements were one of several major German media.
dissonances within the coalition in power
In an article published Thursday, April 7, the Politico Information site had indeed revealed that the Social Democrat (SPD) Olaf Scholz, had refused to give its green light to the delivery of a hundred Chars Marder to Ukraine. A delivery that had been prepared by its Minister of the economy Robert Habeck (Greens), and actively supported by Annalena Baerbock. To justify its choice not to give this type of weapon immediately, Olaf Scholz had declared in front of the Bundestag on April 6, which it was “important to coordinate upstream between NATO partners and L European Union [EU] “, and that” nobody does just rider, including Germany “.
Five days later, pronouncing for deliveries of heavy weapons to Ukraine “as soon as possible”, Annalya Baerbock has clearly suggested his difference with Olaf Scholz. Should we understand that the government line had evolved from the previous week, and that the prejudices then expressed by the Chancellor were no longer relevant? In any case, a spokesman of Olaf Scholz said, explaining that he had not changed his mind and that the reasons why he had refused to deliver tanks at Ukraine now were still valid.
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