At a prominent carnival season event this year, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock admitted she thought about turning up disguised "as a leopard."
This file photo taken on May 19, 2022 shows a Polish Leopard tank as troops from Poland, USA, France and Sweden take part in the DEFENDER-Europe 22 military exercise, in Nowogard, Poland.
No surprise then that commentators seized on the ostensibly light-hearted comment as an example of a deepening rift between the foreign minister and the chancellor, warning that it is hurting Germany on the world stage. But Scholz does not want to be dictated to when it comes to diplomacy, which means their relationship is increasingly marked by tensions, he added.
Under the headline "fissure", weekly Die Zeit described how Baerbock had in recent months told Britain and the United States that Germany would ultimately agree to send the armaments.Greater global role?
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