One of the elements of pressure on Berlin is Macron’s statement about the supply of French wheeled tanks to Ukraine.
French and Polish authorities are trying to convince Germany to unblock the supply of Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, Politico reports, citing an unidentified French official.
According to him, Paris is putting pressure on Berlin, hoping to get permission to send the Leopard to Ukraine on the eve of the Franco-German summit on January 22, dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Élysée Partnership Treaty.
“The Ukrainians really want to get the Leopard because they have a lot of them in warehouses all over Europe,” he explained. Since the manufacturer of the tanks is the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, their shipment to Ukraine requires permission for re-export from the country of origin, that is, Germany.
In the past, Poland has spoken publicly about pressure on Germany on the issue of tanks, with officials citing the existence of a “coalition of countries” that have Leopard 2 tanks.
The French official added that an element of pressure on Berlin was President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement of French wheeled tanks, intended to “break the taboo[sa pagpapadala ng mga Western tank sa Ukraine]to mobilize the Germans.”
“There is a ‘conspiracy’ between Macron and Zelensky, and it was staged partly to remove the reluctance of the US and Germany (about sending tanks),” he added.
As reported, after a conversation between Joe Biden and Olaf Scholz, it became known that the United States intends to provide Ukraine with Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and Germany plans to transfer the vehicles armored Marder.
Recall that Poland can transfer to Ukraine a “symbolic” number of German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks – about a dozen.
The French decision on tanks for Ukraine increased the pressure on Scholz – media
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