germany saying chancellor olaf scholz is expected to confirm he will be sending leopard tanks to the front line in ukraine. why have the germans made this decision now? what germans made this decision now? what it seems is that germans made this decision now? lie isgt it seems is that chancellor germans made this decision now? lie isgt it seems is that chancellor olaf scholz is very keen to get the americans on side. until very recently, really until last night, the chancellor was under fire from all sides, the chancellor was under fire from allsides, outside the chancellor was under fire from all sides, outside of germany and also within germany and within his own government for being very unclear about what was going on, being in many words of critics, has a tent. it seems his plan was to build an alliance of countries within europe and also with washington to send battle tanks to ukraine. his mantra has always been not do anything alone. it has been very clear until now what you m
chancellor schultz will have chancellor olaf scholz will have a job on his hands to win over voters. just under half support sending battle tanks to ukraine and just under half i m against it. against extremely worried it means escalation. a lot of people will say where will it stop? there is nervousness. particularly because the eventual war aims for a lot of people are still very unclear. even though olaf scholz has managed to do really dealing behind the scenes, managing to get his party and government on side, he s still really needs to get a lot of german voters on side and is probably his next challenge really. voters on side and is probably his next challenge really. good to talk to ou. next challenge really. good to talk to yom thank next challenge really. good to talk to you. thank you. joining me now is bartosz wielinski, deputy editor in chief of the polish daily newspaper gazeta wyborcza and formerforeign
criticise olaf scholz for being reticent, indeed. so what people assume is that he s looking at the polls and this idea of weighing things up and taking his time is a way of pacifying people and saying, we are in control, not rushing and not doing anything that would exacerbate the situation and lead to an escalation. the difficulty is, he does not really have the country on side. he does not have the government on his side. his government coalition partners, the greens and the fdp liberals don t support position and does not have many people his centreleft social democratic party on his side. this is a hard core within the party to support the position but think he is becomes increasingly under flag for some people viewing him as reticent and other people criticising for giving weapons at all. so he was receiving a lot of criticism here in
be brought to a standstill, they claim. how you think the public might react to a prolonged series of strikes? there seems to be a lot of sympathy for nurses. we are in a period where almost everywhere you look there is industrial action on the way. are you concerned about keeping the public on side? i the way. are you concerned about keeping the public on side? i would never take the keeping the public on side? i would never take the public keeping the public on side? i would never take the public for keeping the public on side? i would never take the public for granted, l never take the public for granted, thatis never take the public for granted, that is the first thing. nurses do not take the public for granted. i am concerned for the public, the public that cannot get decent services, services they are entitled to. that is where my concern is. what is the nurses strike about? not about lining pockets with gold, it is about standing at the patients and wanting them to get a d
academia or politics uses twitter to maintain their brand and celebrity live by it. a valuable service to some people. wasn t a bad idea to pass obstruction of $8 a month. that has fallen by the wayside. he needs advertisers to come back. jerry: advertisers, really strange situation with verified accounts. somebody tweeting under the name of jesus christ was never able to get verified but able to pay his $8 month subscription, verified as jesus christ on twitter. twitter has provided valuable public service for journalists, dominated by progressives suppressing conservatism on side but later significant role. is he going to study the ship and get it working again?