Ukraine fears an attack by Russia. The designated CDU leader Friedrich Merz wants to send a “clear, robust answer” to Putin with arms exports, among other things.
The designated CDU chairman Friedrich Merz advocates delivering weapons to Ukraine for self-defense. In view of the Russian troop deployment on the border between the two countries, the member of the Bundestag demanded a “clear, robust answer” to President Vladimir Putin in the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung” – “right up to the question of whether Ukraine should also be helped with defensive weapons to oppose such threat “. Such requests from Ukraine are legitimate.
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Ukrainian government officials had asked for older frigates, anti-aircraft guns and anti-ship missile components, among other things. In NATO, a decision to deliver deadly weapons such as sniper rifles in addition to jammers for drone defense had failed. Merz said that if this was due to a no from Germany, it was “quite a mortgage”.
Green leader Habeck also called for arms exports to the conflict area
Merz is not the first to make this request. In May, the head of the Greens and current Minister of Economic Affairs, Robert Habeck, spoke out in favor of arms deliveries to Ukraine. Demands from Ukraine for arms deliveries are justified. “In my opinion, weapons for defense, self-defense and defensive weapons can hardly be denied in Ukraine,” he told Deutschlandfunk at the time.
The federal government – under the leadership of the CDU in the spring – reacted negatively to Habeck’s demands. A “restrictive and responsible arms export policy” is being pursued, the government spokesman said. Habeck met some violent criticism from his own party, which defines itself as pacifist.
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