Pressure began to increase for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to send Alam Leopard 1 and 2 tanks to Ukraine. Although Prime Minister Scholz announced that Germany would send 40 Marder type armored infantry vehicles to Ukraine after France and the USA, both his partners and the opposition said, “This is not enough. Let’s send the Leopard tanks to Ukraine too” voices were raised. His government partner, Free Democratic Party (FDP) defense expert Marie-Agnes Srack-Zimmermann, as well as Green Party Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Federal Minister of Economy and Climate Protection Robert Habeck also announced that they are in favor of sending Leopard main battle tanks to Ukraine.
‘STEP SHOULD COME’
GermanyThe CDU and CSU, known as the Christian Union parties in Turkey, also joined the coalition government consisting of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), FDP and the Greens. UkraineHe reiterated his call to continue the shipment of heavy weapons so that Turkey could defend itself. CSU Bundestag Group President Alexander Dobrindt, in his speech at the “3 Kings Meeting” event held by his party at the Seeon Abbey in Chimgau, Upper Bavaria, said, “The decision to send Marder armored vehicles is correct and appropriate. But this is not enough. The second step must come and Germany Leopard tanks It should also support Ukraine’s right to defend itself,” he said. Speaking at the event, which was held for the first time in two years due to the pandemic, CSU Chairman and Bavarian State Prime Minister Markus Söder also said that they are in favor of sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine without wasting time. The CDU also reiterated its full support for sending German-made Leopard-type tanks to Ukraine. “This war can only be ended with Leopard tanks,” said foreign policy expert Roderich Kiesewetter, a former military officer and a member of the Bundestag with the CDU.
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