“Scholz does exactly what Putin wants’: Political expert accuses Chancellor of serious mistakes. Scholz argues that a Taurus delivery would require the deployment of Bundeswehr soldiers in Ukraine.

He sees this as direct participation in the war. But some experts disagree and believe that no German soldiers need to be deployed in. Ukraine. The Union's former candidate for chancellor, Armin Laschet, also accused Schalz of leadership failure in the traffic light government. “Anton Hofreiter from the Greens publicly accuses his Chancellor of telling untruths on the Taurus issue,” said Greens leader.