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Re: Germany waking up to Merkel failure with Russia

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
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"Wolfgang Münchau, a European political commentator, writing in a recent Spectator column titled, “Olaf Scholz is becoming Putin’s most valuable ally”, said Mr Scholz is “busy frustrating efforts” to help Ukraine, while “pretending to be outraged about Vladimir Putin’s aggression”.

German newspaper Bild leaked a list of weapons that Germany had reportedly agreed to pay for.

Mr Scholz claimed he would be delivering on his promise to help Ukraine, but the leaked list revealed he had crossed tanks and artillery off the list, slashing an aid package worth an initial €1billion (£836 million) to less than a third of that figure.

Mr Münchau wrote: “Ukraine has been asking for rocket launchers, as well as anti-ship and anti-tank missiles. They also asked for transport tanks.

“Scholz’s office denied all of these requests.”

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1600847/olaf-scholz-news-germany-ukraine-vladimir-putin-russia-spt

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Germany waking up to Merkel failure with Russia
By: Cactus Flower in ALEA
Mon, 25 Apr 22 7:56 AM 		Msg. 45529 of 54959

BBC: "The German vice-chancellor says it was a mistake that his country didn't support Ukraine militarily much earlier.

In an interview with German public service broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Robert Habeck says the support should have started years ago.

“We certainly should have supported Ukraine militarily much earlier, and I'm not just talking about days or weeks, but years," he says.

The previous administration of Angela Merkel was criticised for its ties with Russia, in particular its dependence on Russian energy.

Habeck says Germany is now helping to supply Ukraine with heavy weapons, after the government pledged to boost defence spending to meet Nato's target of 2% of GDP. It has also suspended the Nord Stream Two gas pipeline from Russia."

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