Support for Kyiv becomes key issue in February 23 election after chancellor blocks €3bn of extra funding
German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock has launched a thinly veiled attack on Chancellor Olaf Scholz for blocking additional military aid for Ukraine, accusing him of jeopardising European peace to “quickly win a few votes” as elections loom in the EU’s largest country.
But Scholz, who has sought to woo voters who harbour suspicions about the Nato military alliance and are fearful of Germany being dragged into a direct conflict with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has portrayed himself as the more cautious and prudent figure towards Moscow. The chancellor has said he will approve the money only if it is funded by temporarily suspending the “debt brake” that places strict limits on government borrowing. “Otherwise the money is not there,” he said on Wednesday.
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