Yet again the question of whether to send arms to Ukraine is plaguing Olaf Scholz’s chancellorship. The issue was once more thrown into sharp focus when Russian intelligence leaked a discussion by Bundeswehr officials on the probability of sending long-range Taurus missiles to Kyiv. A recording of the conversation was splashed across the world by Russian state media.
Scholz has spent the past week trying to get a grip on the debate over Taurus missiles and shut it down, even fielding questions from plucky students on a school visit as to why he had yet to relent: ‘I am the chancellor and that’s why’. But it seems the true reason Scholz is dragging his heels is one he is reluctant to admit: that month by month support for Ukraine is plummeting in Germany.
The issue of sending weapons to Ukraine has repeatedly haunted Scholz since the beginning of the war
A new poll released yesterday evening by ARD Deutschlandtrend has revealed 61 per cent of Germans are against sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine.
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