Security Guarantees: Will Germany Send Soldiers to Ukraine?

“After the Washington summit, discussions continue to find security guarantees for Ukraine,” reads the left-wing daily Die Tageszeitung . While Donald Trump has declared himself open to implementing such guarantees, various scenarios are being considered by the West. And in Germany, one of them is particularly controversial: sending German troops to maintain peace in Ukraine.

In Washington, German ChancellorFriedrich Merz , a Christian Democrat, hinted this week that military support could be put in place, saying that "the question would arise as to whether there would be a need for a decision subject to a mandate" from the Bundestag, according to Der Spiegel . This "wording full of innuendo" referred to the authorization given by Parliament to the army to intervene abroad. Until now, only Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer had mentioned such a possibility.

Since then, the debate has been raging. “Within the two coalition parties, opinions differ as to the advisability and feasibility of the German army taking on such a mission,” explains the centrist weekly. Among the Christian Democrats as well as the