Comment: weapons in the Ukraine conflict: Merz breaks with Scholz
Friedrich Merz moves on a narrow line. On the one hand, he only speaks for a matter of course, When he cancel the so -called range of range for arms deliveries to Ukraine – UK and France have long been supplying the government in Kiev with marching air bodies that can also target destinations in Russia. At the same time, however, the Chancellor also gives up the policy of German reluctance, which his predecessor Olaf Scholz operated with good arguments. Apparently Merz is determined that Ukraine Now also to deliver the « Taurus » type that has been held back so far – also at the risk of provoking the first coalition noise with the SPD.
Militically, some speaks for the use of « taurus »
However, even more than the fact itself irritates the casual nature in which Merz changes the German position. So far, Germany has claimed to have a rather de-escalating effect in the Ukraine conflict. Now it changes its course in a phase in which the world has at least some residual hope of a ceasefire and a diplomatic solution. There may be enough reasons for the use of « Taurus » against Russian positions, especially after the recent Russian offensive. Whether it is also wise to indicate this is now on another sheet.
