“The Marder debate may be over, but the Leopard debate has just begun”
The German press is wondering on Saturday whether after the supply of the Marder to Ukraine followed by Leopard.
The die is cast. After months of hesitation and thoughts, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz finally gave the green light for the delivery of the coveted Marder-type armored vehicles to Ukraine. Along with what he promised yesterday, France is perhaps the first exclusively Western technology to join Ukrainian forces to counter Russian aggression, which many fear could be perceived by the other side as Western involvement in the war. .
Her commentator Tagesschau inevitably makes the next thought. “Now that the chancellor of the ‘time of change’, as he proclaimed, has also begun the shift in relation to the tanks he wants to supply Ukraine, the Leopard 2 tank should no longer be taboo, as increasingly strongly demanded by politicians of the opposition as well as of the governing coalition” he notes. “All of them point out that Russian President Vladimir Putin will come to the negotiating table only if he sees that he can no longer achieve anything militarily, on the other hand such surrender would also be in the interest of Germany’s own security. Because if Putin wins the war of extermination, he will feel emboldened and so it will be a much bigger threat. One thing is clear: The more (war) material Ukraine has to expend on its defense campaign, the greater the pressure on Soltz to back down here as well. The Marder debate may be over, but this one for Leopard it has just begun”.
Some commentators fear that with French and German tanks in the war, it might be seen that the West is now entering this war. THE Freie Presse Chemnitz fears that by expanding options there is a risk of overshooting the target. We read: “Increasingly the chancellor has been criticized for a hesitant stance. Emotionally it is understandable because of the horrors of war and the deaths on the ground. However, because of the complexity of war there is much to suggest that Scholz’s approach is reasonable.”
DW – Irini Anastasopoulou
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