A few weeks before the early legislative elections, “Germany is torn apart over aid to Ukraine”, announces the German wave. The fall of the government of the Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals late last year prevented the release of new funds to support kyiv. And the subject has entered the electoral campaign, alongside debates on the return of nuclear power or on the amount of social assistance.
“Government aid is not contested on its principle, it is rather the financing and the deadline which are debated.” The Greens are asking the Bundestag budget committee to take on new debts worth 3 billion euros in order to finance the measure, which they consider too urgent to wait for the vote set for February 23. But the outgoing social democratic chancellor, Olaf Scholz, seems reluctant to follow them on this subject.
“A few weeks before the elections, Olaf Scholz is no longer just chancellor [d’un gouvernement sortant minoritaire, composé de son parti et des Verts]he is above all the head of the list of the social democrats, and he must fight for each vote”, analyzes the chain across the Rhine. While he is committed to continuing to support Ukraine, he
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