Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Juliette Laurain and Imen Mellaz. Central Council of Jews says it is devastated by populist party’s first victory in eastern town of Sonneberg The far-right Alternative für Deutschland has won a district council election in Germany for the first time, in what is being referred to as a watershed moment in the country’s politics.

Will tanks change the outcome on the battlefield? And how will Russia respond to a new upping of the ante by Ukraine's allies? Grand New Beginning February 24, 2022, will go down in history as a watershed moment for Europe and not the least for Germany. Berlin’s green light opens the door for the likes of Poland, Finland and others to provide their own. The German-made Leopard is Europe's workhorse tank. Is this a new phase for NATO's main supplier, or a symbolic gesture to cover the Germans? The reasons are many: because of Germany‘s economic strength. How momentous is this moment? Did Scholz dither and cave to pressure, or did he drive a hard bargain to make sure Berlin did not go out on a limb alone?Īs German media were breaking the story, the United States was granting Scholz his wish: the sending of US-made Abrams tanks, which come on top of UK Challenger 2 battle tanks. At this watershed moment, Germany, dubbed the reluctant hegemon not so long ago, finds itself the pivotal player in Europe. After much pondering and perhaps prevaricating, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has broken with a seven-decades-old non-aggression policy by greenlighting tank deliveries to Ukraine.

A watershed moment for germany