German government mulls key military build-up target euractiv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from euractiv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Germany’s very public agonizing over whether to provide its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, or allow other states that had purchased Leopard 2s to send theirs, graphically exposed Berlin’s continued confusion about its status as a NATO member. While there is momentary relief that, at last, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government committed to providing the armor Ukraine requested, it did so only after President Joe Biden also agreed to send roughly a battalion of America’s Abrams tanks. While Biden’s decision was correct on its own merits, it was hardly a matter of strategy and more a matter of horse-trading to persuade Berlin’s decidedly reluctant leadership.
The German armed forces have signed a 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) contract with Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann to purchase 50 Puma infantry fighting vehicles, the two German defense manufacturers said on Monday
Volodymyr Zelenskyy last visited Germany in February 2022, just days before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of his country. What does Ukraine's president want from the German government and what can he expect?
Volodymyr Zelenskyy last visited Germany in February 2022, just days before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of his country. What does Ukraine's president want from the German government and what can he expect?