“Scholz Says in Talks With Allies About Sending Tanks to Ukraine”
“German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he’s in talks with allies over potentially supplying heavy tanks to Ukraine, but cautioned that any announcements would have to come in lockstep with others.
“I am always thinking about the situation,” Scholz said in an interview on Tuesday with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait. “We always act together with our allies and friends — we never go alone.””
“Germany Learned Its Lesson From Russia Gas Dependence, Chancellor Scholz Says”
“Germany learned a lesson from the war in Ukraine that it shouldn’t depend on just one country for its energy supplies, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview.
Energy has dominated the start of Scholz’s tenure after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine exposed the fragility of Germany’s security. With Russia supplying 55% of the nation’s gas before the war, Scholz’s administration was forced into urgent action to head off concerns about shortages this winter. “