War in Ukraine: German pacifists at war with Olaf Scholz

Dn a country which, in the name of “Nie wieder Krieg! (Never again war!), who for decades firmly opposed participating in international military missions abroad and who, at the start of the war, still categorically refused to send weapons to Volodymyr Zelensky, the vote of the Bundestag deciding by a large majority to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine is far from unanimous. While at the beginning of April, 55% of Germans were in favor of the delivery of heavy weapons, in particular tanks, they are only 45% today, according to the recent poll carried out by the institute Infrastest. Main reason for this growing reluctance: the fear of an escalation of the conflict.

We are even witnessing a real rebellion among certain intellectuals whose…