German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s hesitance to give main battle tanks to Ukraine has provoked open doubts about whether the European heavyweight wants Russia “to lose this war,” as a top NATO ally diplomat put it.
“The thing that hinders us going forward is a fear [of] what will happen if Russia actually loses this war,” Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis told reporters in Brussels on Monday. “If we manage that fear — if we accept the fact that Russia can lose and actually has to lose in order to avoid future wars — then I believe all the other questions will be much easier answered.
Scholz continues to hesitate, despite intensifying disputes even from the other parties in his coalition government, renewing suspicions that his Social Democratic Party remains wedded to a policy of softness with Russia. Morawiecki invoked Scholz while expressing doubts about Schroder’s decision to tap one of his SPD allies, Boris Pistorius, as defense minister last week.
Baerbock claimed that Berlin “would not stand in the way” of other countries that want to send their own Leopard tanks to Ukraine, but that statement drew a rebuff from Scholz’s party.
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