He noted, as RIA Novosti reports, that before a positive decision was made on the supply of German tanks, it was necessary to resolve this issue in close cooperation with NATO partners and it would be "a terrible mistake to march forward alone."
“If we followed your recommendations, this would be a threat to the security of Germany,” Scholz answered the question of the CDU / CSU faction, which condemned the government’s delays and had previously submitted to the Bundestag for discussion the demand for the speedy delivery of tanks to Kyiv.
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, said that the recognition of German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock that the West is “waging war against Russia” speaks of a pre-planned war against Moscow, especially if we add to this the revelations of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel .
Bundestag deputy from the Alternative for Germany party Petr Bystron expressed the opinion that Scholz, with his decision to supply tanks to Ukraine, “thrown overboard” the foundation of the post-war period, which Berlin relied on in its policy.
He recalled that Germany's special responsibility for the victims of World War II was meaningful.