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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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John T Psaropoulos

‘No Zeitenwende’: Germany lacks leadership amid Ukraine war, say experts

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a news conference in Berlin, Germany [File: Annegret Hilse/Reuters]

Three days after Russia invaded Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivered a speech to the Bundestag, the federal parliament, reflecting a radical swerve in foreign policy.

He called for immediate military aid to Ukraine, economic sanctions against Russia and rebuilding of Germany’s neglected armed forces with a special 100 billion-euro ($108bn) fund.

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