{"id":26923,"date":"2025-04-17T07:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T07:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/26923\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T07:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T07:23:10","slug":"germany-could-be-forced-to-abandon-plans-for-taurus-missiles-in-ukraine-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/26923\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany could be forced to abandon plans for Taurus missiles in Ukraine | World | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germany<\/a> might require \u201cUK leadership\u201d in order to get the support required to deliver crucial missiles to the Ukrainian frontline. The country is set to welcome in its new coalition government<\/a> next month, made up of Chancellor in waiting Friedrich Merz<\/a>\u2019s Christan Democratic Union (CDU) party and the centre-left Social Democrats (SDP).<\/p>\n

But infighting between the two parties<\/a> has hampered attempts to provide Ukraine<\/a> with Taurus missiles<\/a> as the Kyiv\u2019s stocks of crucial ammunition begin to dwindle. Roderich Kiesewetter, a senior MP in the CDU has suggested that endorsement from the British could prove crucial in breaking the impasse and ensuring that the long-range missile falls into Ukrainian hands. He said: \u201cThe Taurus delivery remains a point of contention for the time being … I do not yet see any consensus here, especially as the parties have not agreed on the key security policy issues in the coalition agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t yet see the Taurus being delivered. Any influence by UK leadership to finally convince Germany to deliver Taurus might help and is highly welcomed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Mr Merz suggested in an interview that the authorisation for the missiles to be provided would only be given once the British and French confirmed they were in agreement with the delivery.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cOur European partners are already supplying cruise missiles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe British are doing it, the French are doing it, and the Americans are doing it anyway, this must be jointly agreed. And if it\u2019s agreed, then Germany should take part.\u201d<\/p>\n

His comments were followed by claims by the SDP that there were also \u201cmany good arguments\u201d against sending the missiles, heightening fears that Ukraine<\/a> could be forced to go without.<\/p>\n

Merz\u2019s cautious predecessor Olaf Scholz<\/a> has continually refused to provide the Ukrainians with the vital kit, fearing that to do so could bring Germany<\/a> and Russia<\/a> into direct conflict.<\/p>\n

Taurus missiles have a longer range than the British supplied Storm Shadow missiles<\/a> and would be warmly welcomed by Kyiv, providing them with an ability in theory to hit Moscow.<\/p>\n

Commentators have interpreted Mr Merz\u2019s comments as a sign that his administration will take a more robust stance on Russia<\/a> compared to the government of Mr Scholz.<\/p>\n

Mr Kiesewetter believes that Mr Scholz\u2019s caution in not sending the missiles served only to embolden Putin as he expressed his hope that the country\u2019s stance on Moscow would now become firmer.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThe delay and blockade of the delivery of this far-reaching system by chancellor Scholz was a major mistake and a de facto failure to provide assistance, which has weakened European security and led to more victims in Ukraine<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany might require \u201cUK leadership\u201d in order to get the support required to deliver crucial missiles to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1945,1824,807,10546,2301,7337,7661,16360,16359,657,16361,333],"class_list":{"0":"post-26923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-friedrich-merz","11":"tag-germany","12":"tag-keir-starmer","13":"tag-kyiv","14":"tag-moscow","15":"tag-olaf-scholz","16":"tag-russia-ukraine-war","17":"tag-storm-shadow-missiles","18":"tag-taurus-missiles","19":"tag-ukraine","20":"tag-ukraine-missiles","21":"tag-vladimir-putin"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114352111168765986","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}