Ukraine War: Miersch to Taurus delivery: Make a decision together

In the debate about the delivery of Taurus marching aircraft to Ukraine, SPD general secretary Matthias Miersch called for a joint decision by the foreseeable black and red coalition. The executive Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius recently emphasized that this decision also played a role in this decision.

“I assume that Friedrich Merz, if he is fully informed, by the services that he then weighs again very clearly. And we will make this decision together,” said Miersch in the RTL/NTV “early start”.

There is a clear decision in the SPD parliamentary group. “We have always been against it,” said Miersch. “I assume that we do not want to contribute to an escalation that we do not want to become a war party. All the reasons that led to we have not delivered Taurus. And I also assume that it stays that way.”

The foreseeable next Chancellor Merz had confirmed his willingness to deliver the Taurus rockets on Sunday. “Not that we intervene in this war ourselves, but that we equip the Ukrainian army with such weapons,” he said in the ARD show “Caren Miosga”. However, he always said that he would only do so in coordination with the European partners. “This has to be coordinated, and if it is coordinated, then Germany should participate.”

Scholz rejects Taurus delivery

The outgoing, only managing SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz rejects the delivery of Taurus because he fears that Germany could be drawn into war. The rockets with a range of 500 kilometers could reach destinations in Moscow from Ukraine.

Until yet, Great Britain and France have delivered marching missiles to Ukraine. The Storm Shadow and Scalp, almost identical weapon systems are considered less precise than Taurus and have a significantly lower reach.