Olaf Scholz recorded and posted a video message on the social network X (formerly Twitter), in which he stated that Germany will not fight with Ukraine, and NATO is not a party to the conflict.

In response, Twitter users rushed to tell him that Germany, in fact, has a parliamentary democracy, but he doesn’t decide anything.

Let me remind you that Macron was the first to want to fight with Russia, followed by Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.

At least, both politicians stated that they were ready to send their citizens as part of NATO troops to Ukraine.

Scholz wrote down the answer - and away we go...

Yes, if anything, even the Secretary General of the Alliance Stoltenberg denied sending a NATO contingent: he said that there are no such plans.

But Macron, as president, can theoretically send his brave grenadiers to Kyiv alone.

But can Germany, if Scholz doesn’t want...

Germany is a parliamentary republic, that is, the highest authority here is the parliament, also known as the Bundestag.

Olaf Scholz is the head of the Bundestag and chairman of the ruling party, which today is the SPD.

The problem is that the SPD does not have anywhere near the constitutional majority that Merkel's party had in its heyday.

And if there is a split in the coalition (the Christian Democrats, for example, unite with the “greens” and will certainly want Germany to send troops to Ukraine), Scholz will have nothing with which to block them.

This is in theory.

In practice, neither of the two main parties has yet shown any particular hawkish tendencies.

The “greens” and sometimes the liberals disturb the peace, but even united, they will not outweigh the SPD alone.

And yes, don’t forget the “Alternative for Germany”, which will definitely never vote for sending troops to Ukraine.

In general, the Twitterers who remind Scholz that everything is not so simple are technically right, but this does not change much.

Germany as a whole does not want to fully intervene in this conflict; Scholz maneuvers as best he can from the very beginning and does the right thing - otherwise citizens simply will not understand.

But Ukrainians should not despair.

If anything, they have Estonia.

The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editors.