Jürgen Hardt, the foreign policy spokesperson for the CDU, picked up on Scholz's promise not to "provoke" war with Russia, and asked how sending tanks was less of a provocation than sending the other military hardware that Germany had already sent.
The largest opposition party, the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has been calling for the delivery of tanks to Ukraine for several months and has made the chancellor's perceived hesitancy its main line of attack against the government. German parties' positions on tanks for Ukraine "With everything that we do, we must always make very clear that we will do what is necessary and possible to support Ukraine, but at the same time to prevent an escalation of the war to a war between Russia and NATO," Scholz added. He reiterated the scope of German assistance, which would include tanks, logistics, ammunition, and maintenance, as well as training Ukrainian tank crews in Germany. The chancellor insisted he was right in maintaining his cautious approach, taking the time to negotiate the details of battle tank deliveries rather than rushing ahead unilaterally. … Germany will always be at the forefront when it comes to supporting Ukraine." Now we can say that, in Europe, it is us and Britain who have made the most weapons available for Ukraine.
Speaking at the start of a question-and-answer session in the German Bundestag, Scholz said, "It is right that we act closely with our international partners to support Ukraine - financially, with humanitarian aid, but also with weapons deliveries. Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed on Wednesday that Germany would be delivering an initial 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks to Ukraine and allowing partner countries to re-export their own German-made heavy battle tanks to the country.
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