Merz says he is ready to give Ukraine Taurus missiles, but with consent of all European partners
German chancellor candidate and leader of the Christian Democratic Union Friedrich Merz believes that Germany should supply Ukraine with Taurus missiles, but with the consent of all European partners.
According to Censor.NET, citing Evropeiska Pravda, Merz said this at the Munich Security Conference.
"My personal position and the position of my parliamentary group have always been clear on these cruise missiles. And I would like to reiterate what I said now during the election campaign. We should be ready to supply this (missiles - ed.), but only if we have an agreement with our European partners," he said.
Mertz noted that there are at least two countries that supply long-range missiles to Ukraine - the UK and France. According to him, the partners have to agree on how to coordinate their efforts.
"Both the German parliament, the parliament that exists now, and most likely the future parliament will have a majority. But it will be the decision of the executive branch, not the decision of the parliament. And my personal point of view is that we will supply this equipment to Ukraine, but within the agreed European framework," the politician added.
As a reminder, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has repeatedly stated that as long as he heads the government, Berlin will not supply Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine and will not allow German soldiers to participate in the war.
