German government split as Olaf Scholz overrules own foreign minister over Leopard tanks
Berlin had said it would not stop Poland re-exporting tanks to Ukraine, but the chancellor has since dismissed the remark
Germany’s government appeared to be split on Monday night after chancellor Olaf Scholz overruled his own foreign minister to insist Poland would need to follow the rules over sending tanks to Ukraine.
Foreign minister Annalena Baerbock had said on Sunday that Berlin would not “stand in the way” of Warsaw re-exporting German Leopard 2 tanks to help Ukraine’s armed forces reclaim territory seized by Russia.
But on Monday a spokesman for Mr Scholz insisted Poland would have to follow an “established procedure” if it wanted to give the German-made tanks to Kyiv.
Fed up with lectures from Biden handlers? Anger at the Poles and their reparations demands?
