{"id":48250,"date":"2025-05-28T16:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T16:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=48250"},"modified":"2025-05-28T16:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T16:41:09","slug":"german-chancellor-merz-criticized-by-coalition-partners-for-reckless-escalation-and-empty-promises-of-supplying-taurus-missiles-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=48250","title":{"rendered":"German Chancellor Merz Criticized by Coalition Partners For Reckless Escalation and Empty Promises of Supplying Taurus Missiles to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Merz is warmongering non-stop, and flip-flopping on whether he will send Taurus missiles to Kiev.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is an establishment \u2018conservative\u2019 who mostly adheres to the Globalist agenda, especially when it comes to relentless warmongering in support of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Ever since the campaign, Merz was signaling a boost in Ukraine military aid, including sending Kiev long-range Taurus missiles that could strike deep into Russian territory.<\/p>\n

After the elections, reality set in, and the new Chancellor mostly walked back this promise, going as afar as declaring on May 12: \u2018There are currently no plans to supply Taurus missiles to Ukraine.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

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Since then, Merz hasn\u2019t stopped flip-flopping on the subject, to the point where he has gotten under fire from within his own coalition.<\/p>\n

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Taurus long-range missiles: Will Germany escalate and send them to Kiev?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Politico<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

\u201cAhead of Zelensky\u2019s visit, Roderich Kiesewetter, a senior conservative parliamentarian belonging to Merz\u2019s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), sharply criticized the chancellor for making \u2018contradictory statements\u2019 on the matter.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018There is no sign of Germany finally delivering Taurus cruise missiles, because I still see no unity in the coalition and no political will to respond appropriately and with strength and consistency to Russia\u2019s massive escalation\u2019, Kiesewetter wrote in a post on X. \u2018Such statements are therefore not helpful overall because they highlight Europe\u2019s weakness to Russia\u2019.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Poland\u2019s Tusk, UK\u2019s Starmer, Zelensky, France\u2019s Macron and Merz: non-stop warmongering.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The problem began on Monday (26) when Merz ambiguously \u2018suggested\u2019 that Germany \u2018lifted range limits\u2019 on weapons sent to Kiev.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019There are no more range limitations for weapons delivered to Ukraine. Neither from the Brits, nor the French, nor from us. Not from the Americans either\u2019, Merz said.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Come Tuesday (27), Merz was ready to backtrack, and said he referred to \u2018something that has been happening for months\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing Merz\u2019s initial comments Monday, his finance minister, Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Lars Klingbeil, denied there had been a change in policy, opening the possibility of a rift on the issue between the coalition partners. \u2018There is no new agreement that goes beyond what the previous government had in place\u2019, Klingbeil told reporters.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Germany\u2019s Merz and Russia\u2019s Medvedev.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Read: \u2018THINK TWICE, NAZI!\u2019 \u2013 Russia\u2019s Medvedev Torches Germany\u2019s Merz After Incoming Chancellor Vows To Send Long-Distance Taurus Missiles to Ukraine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Chancellor wanted to use Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s visit to Berlin today (28) as a PR platform to project resolve in the face the war, but the question of whether Germany will send Taurus missiles to Ukraine ended up overshadowed the Kiev leader\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n

Zelenskiy said that Ukraine and Germany had \u2018reached new agreements\u2019 on defense sector investments.<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

\u201cZelensky, who was speaking in Berlin alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, did not give further details. Kiev has increasingly sought money from its allies to fund its own burgeoning defense industry.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Merz, dodging the question that everyone is interested in, said Berlin will help Kiev \u2018produce long-range missiles to defend itself\u2019.<\/p>\n

BBC<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019We want to talk about production and we will not publicly discuss details\u2019, he said, when asked by reporters in Berlin if Germany would supply Kiev with its Taurus missiles.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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ENDLESS ESCALATION: Starmer\u2019s UK Reportedly Supporting Germany\u2019s Merz Plans To Send Taurus Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine, While Scholz and SPD Party Reject the Idea<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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