German Chancellor Merz Criticized by Coalition Partners For Reckless Escalation and Empty Promises of Supplying Taurus Missiles to Ukraine
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is an establishment ‘conservative’ who mostly adheres to the Globalist agenda, especially when it comes to relentless warmongering in support of Ukraine.
Ever since the campaign, Merz was signaling a boost in Ukraine military aid, including sending Kiev long-range Taurus missiles that could strike deep into Russian territory.
After the elections, reality set in, and the new Chancellor mostly walked back this promise, going as afar as declaring on May 12: ‘There are currently no plans to supply Taurus missiles to Ukraine.’
Since then, Merz hasn’t stopped flip-flopping on the subject, to the point where he has gotten under fire from within his own coalition.
Politico reported:
“Ahead of Zelensky’s visit, Roderich Kiesewetter, a senior conservative parliamentarian belonging to Merz’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), sharply criticized the chancellor for making ‘contradictory statements’ on the matter.
‘There is no sign of Germany finally delivering Taurus cruise missiles, because I still see no unity in the coalition and no political will to respond appropriately and with strength and consistency to Russia’s massive escalation’, Kiesewetter wrote in a post on X. ‘Such statements are therefore not helpful overall because they highlight Europe’s weakness to Russia’.”
The problem began on Monday (26) when Merz ambiguously ‘suggested’ that Germany ‘lifted range limits’ on weapons sent to Kiev.
“’There are no more range limitations for weapons delivered to Ukraine. Neither from the Brits, nor the French, nor from us. Not from the Americans either’, Merz said.”
Come Tuesday (27), Merz was ready to backtrack, and said he referred to ‘something that has been happening for months’.
“Following Merz’s initial comments Monday, his finance minister, Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Lars Klingbeil, denied there had been a change in policy, opening the possibility of a rift on the issue between the coalition partners. ‘There is no new agreement that goes beyond what the previous government had in place’, Klingbeil told reporters.”
The Chancellor wanted to use Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Berlin today (28) as a PR platform to project resolve in the face the war, but the question of whether Germany will send Taurus missiles to Ukraine ended up overshadowed the Kiev leader’s visit.
Zelenskiy said that Ukraine and Germany had ‘reached new agreements’ on defense sector investments.
Reuters reported:
“Zelensky, who was speaking in Berlin alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, did not give further details. Kiev has increasingly sought money from its allies to fund its own burgeoning defense industry.”
Merz, dodging the question that everyone is interested in, said Berlin will help Kiev ‘produce long-range missiles to defend itself’.
BBC reported:
“’We want to talk about production and we will not publicly discuss details’, he said, when asked by reporters in Berlin if Germany would supply Kiev with its Taurus missiles.”
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