Euractiv reported that members of Olaf Sholz's Social Democratic Party (SPD) sent a letter calling on the prime minister to participate in diplomatic measures.
In the biggest change in Germany's foreign policy since the Cold War that Chancellor Scholz called "Zeitenwende" (a turning point in the era), the Berlin government has increased its military budget to 100 billion euros and put weapons into a heated conflict for the first time. The SPD has struggled with these measures and sent a letter signed by many German and European lawmakers to Mr. Scholz, titled "Wareness must be silent! ".
The Escalating Spin must stop - the letter wrote, calling for a modus vivendi (a Latin phrase meaning an agreement between people with different opinions and views).
Such a format often refers to an agreement that allows the parties to the conflict to coexist peacefully.
"With each arms handover, it is important to carefully consider and consider where the red line is located, because it cannot be considered a combat and cause a corresponding reaction," lawmakers added, especially referring to the no-flying zone through Ukraine, as well as the provision of fighter jets and tanks.
German observers also reacted similarly. If it is not the fact that some German and European lawmakers are also participating, then people may ignore the meaningless thing, security expert Carlo Masala wrote on Twitter.
On August 25, Chancellor Scholz visited a training facility in Germany, where Ukrainian soldiers were trained to use Gepard anti-aircraft tanks - the type of weapon that will be sent to Kiev.
Among those who signed the letter were SPD lawmakers who are members of the European Parliament: Dietmar Köster, Joachim Schuster and Constanze Krehl. Krehl is a member of the regional development committee and part of the parliamentary delegation to Belarus.
Schuster is Vice President of the European Parliament Delegation to South Africa.
Köster is a member of the foreign affairs committee and delegations to Iran and the US. He is often tasked with co-writing parliamentary statements on the Bosnia- Herzegovina reports of the European Commission.
In another development, on the evening of August 25, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany would not provide Ukraine with weapons that could be used to attack Russian territory.
The German leader noted that this policy is similar to the policy of US President Joe Biden. I believe this is a principle that we, as others, follow, RT quoted Scholz as saying at a public event in Magdeburg.
Berlin's goal in sending weapons is to "support Ukraine" and "prevent the escalation of the war from becoming something very different" - the prime minister explained. He stressed that the German government must have enough "cautiety, clarity and determination" to move in the right direction.
This week, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock - one of the strongest supporters of sending weapons to Ukraine - admitted that Berlin had overused its capabilities for this mission. That leads to a "huge deficit in Germany's arsenal," Baerbock said in an interview with ZDF.
The US stance of not giving Ukraine the tools to attack Russia is complicated because Moscow and Washington have disagreements about what constitutes Russian territory. US officials say Kiev has every right to attack targets in Crimea - a peninsula that was annexed by Russia in 2014 after a Referral.
Ukrainian officials have repeatedly said they want to destroy the Crimea bridge connecting the peninsula to mainland Russia. Kiev warned that the bridge would be attacked once Ukraine had weapons to carry it out, unless Russia completely withdrew from Crimea.
US Deputy Defense Secretary Colin Kahl said the US will not provide longer-range guided- missile (ATACMS) to Ukraine because most of Russia's targets are within range of other weapons. At this time, the US is only focusing on providing GMLRS cruise missiles.
Ukraine has long long hoped for the US to provide ATACMS long-range missiles to attack Russian targets behind the front line, one of which is the Crimea bridge.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has previously raised concerns that the provision of ATACMS missiles to Ukraine could escalate the conflict and lead to a world war.
