Timing of decision on Leopard tanks causes dissatisfaction | World News

Germany is sending 14 Leopard tanks from its military inventory to Ukraine in the first step, and other countries are now also allowed to deliver Leopard tanks. CDU leader Friedrich Merz criticized the timing of Germany's Leopard delivery to Ukraine. He said the decision was correct, but "we have considered it wrong that the Chancellor has delayed so long and apparently been pressured into making this decision," the Union faction leader said in a ZDF special on tank delivery. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's creed of acting only in conjunction with partners is a "correct message," however, Merz would have liked more coordination with the European NATO states.