German Taurus missiles at the center of the conflict between Paris and Berlin

At the center of the debate between France and Germany over the war in Ukraine, the long-range Taurus missile has become a symbol. Like its French cousins ​​Scalp and British Storm Shadow, which is already in Ukraine, it can shake the Kerch bridge built by the Kremlin after the annexation of Crimea to connect Russia to the peninsula. And thereby weakened the Russian military establishment and Vladimir Putin’s power in the region. Is this why Chancellor Olaf Scholz is denying it to Volodymyr Zelensky despite the pressure of his opposition and being part of his coalition?

Like the Mistral, the warships that Nicolas Sarkozy wants to sell to Russia, or the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Germany and Russia that Chancellor Angela Merkel has refused to hand over, the symbol is seen in the political backdrop of relations with Moscow. At the heart of the conversation between German generals that was overheard and broadcast by the Russians …