German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Spiegel Online: The German Government’s Hesitance over the War Is Angering Allies
Berlin has refused to go along with a gas embargo against Russia and it has been slow with weapons deliveries for Ukraine. The atrocities in Bucha are creating additional pressure for the German government to act.
A state secret. It can be seen behind the security gate of the Marie Elisabeth Lüders Building, one of the many offices in Berlin of the German parliament, the Bundestag. Mobile phones and digital watches are prohibited in parliament’s Secret Protection Unit. Anyone who wants to read confidential documents here has to turn in their notes after reading them. They are kept locked until the next visit.
Members of parliament often send their staff to the room if they have the appropriate security clearance. But the document currently displayed in the red folder is classified as being so secret by the federal government that only the parliamentarians themselves are allowed to read it.
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Update: Germany to Ukraine: Sorry, no tanks (Politico)
WNU Editor: Pressure on the German Chancellor to cut-off Russian gas even if it means rationing and putting the German economy into a deep recession/inflation is growing .... Awkward moment Olaf Scholz confronted over Germany funding Putin’s war machine (Express).
Update #1: Russia must not win the war, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz tells Bundestag (DW)
Update #2: Embracing military power, Olaf Scholz tries to lead Germany into a new era (Washington Post)