[HIGHLIGHTS] The situation in the morning - Scholz cannot get rid of the debate that he wants to end

Olaf Scholz has been trying for months to stop calls for Taurus cruise missiles to be delivered to Ukraine. The Bundeswehr is supposed to drop aid supplies over Gaza.

Romanian President Klaus Johannis – a member of German-speaking minority in the country – now officially wants to become NATO Secretary General. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is also repeatedly mentioned as a candidate, but many Western and Central European heads of government are critical of her uncompromising stance towards Russia.