"Trust me," Olaf Scholz asks the Germans.
Because Ukraine is now also getting battle tanks from Germany, the Chancellor is asking for support.
But his course polarized the population and the traffic light coalition.
Is Scholz risking too much, or is he shirking his leadership role?
What principles does his Ukraine policy follow, and how credible is his claim to do the only right thing?
Marius Mestermann discusses this in this episode with Melanie Amann, head of the capital city office and member of the editor-in-chief of SPIEGEL.
"My impression is that Olaf Scholz doesn't think much of explaining himself before a decision has been made," she says.
His style of communication creates distrust among those who fear that Germany will be drawn further into the conflict.
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