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Chancellor Under Increasing Pressure Over Ukraine Military Supplies

GERMANY

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is facing increasing pressure regarding his gov'ts commitment to supplying Ukraine with military equipment to fight Russia.

  • Since the launch of the so-far successful counteroffensive by Ukraine into the east of the country, there have been increasing calls among Kyiv's allies to commit more materiel to Ukraine in order to bolster their forces and ensure the recaptured territory is held.
  • The main opposition centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has announced it intends to submit a motion in the Bundestag next week calling for more weapons supplies to Ukraine.
  • Politico's Hans von der Burchard raises the potential risk that the motion attracts support from the coalition partners of Scholz's centre-left Social Democrats; the environmentalist Greens or pro-business liberal Free Democrats. If this occurs it risks opening notable schisms in the German federal gov't.

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