Correspondent in Berlin
Among all the Western refusals opposed to Emmanuel Macron's idea of sending Western soldiers to Ukraine, it was undoubtedly Olaf Scholz's “
nein
” which resonated the loudest.
On Wednesday, the Franco-German conflict, described as a “
battle of egos
” by
Spiegel
and a “
dangerous ice age
” by
Bild
, continued to make headlines across the Rhine.
Usually not very talkative, the chancellor was the first to exclude the hypothesis of sending troops, openly expressing his differences with the French ally.
“
What was decided between us from the beginning continues to be valid for the future: no troops on the ground, no soldiers will be sent either by European states or by NATO members,
” the minister replied dryly. social democratic leader.
The sentence sounded like a response to the numerous barbs sent by the head of the Élysée.
Calamitous sequence
At the end of the Paris summit intended to strengthen European military unity, the latter joked about “
sleeping bags and…
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