Ex-chancellor and former leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party’s ongoing political interventions are raising hackles in Germany
Olaf Scholz
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Scholz has adopted a more robust tone towards Israel, but his message is lost in vague language
Kremlin says Russia now ‘at war’ in apparent change to invasion rhetoric
Two weeks ago German officials were infuriated when Macron floated in public the idea that sending European troops to Ukraine could not be ruled out
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s refusal to supply Kyiv with cruise missiles is popular with his centre-left Social Democratic Party but has annoyed his two coalition allies
Kyiv urges West to send weapons to avert ‘shameful’ failure to halt Kremlin aggression
Russian media aired a recording of a call in which German officers were heard discussing supplying weapons to Ukraine
Negotiations come five months after Azerbaijan recaptured Karabakh region from ethnic Armenian majority
German chancellor has claimed it would only be possible for German soldiers to programme Taurus targets on-site in Ukraine
Two years on from chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ‘watershed’ speech, the country’s policy on defence has pivoted dramatically
This is Ukraine’s darkest hour since the invasion. The country is exhausted. But no one trusts a Putin negotiation
Health minister said new legislation would enable the market to be reclaimed from drug dealers
German finance minister Christina Lindner on the challenges facing Germany from the Ukraine war, to inflation, and low growth and productivity
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