As a young Marxist student Olaf Scholz declared himself to be a conscientious objector and was allowed to work in a care home rather than carry out his military service. Now, as a moderate Social Democrat German chancellor, he opposes Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine but is reluctant to give Kyiv the full means to fight back. The likely result is that when the dust settles, Germany will be seen as one of the war’s losers.
Scholz’s leadership is marked by foot dragging at crucial moments in the Russian invasion. Day and night artillery barrages are flattening eastern Ukraine. Yet Germany supplies weapons only when under maximum pressure. It tries to sidestep the most effective energy sanctions against Moscow. Scholz continues to think .
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