Germany's Defense Minister Is Stepping
Down, Triggering Uncertainty At The
A Ministry That's At The Center Of
Berlin's Response To The War In Ukraine
Christina's Decision Follows A Series Of
Blunders That Damaged Her Credibility
Most Recently A New Year's Video She
Posted That Was Considered Tone Deaf
Christina Lamprecht Sealed Her Fate
As German Defense Minister, She Posted A
Video On Her Private Instagram Account
On New Year's Eve
Against The Background Of Celebratory
Fireworks On A Berlin Street Corner She
Spoke About The War In Ukraine
War Is Raging In The Middle Of Europe
For Me, This Meant That I Gathered Many
Special Impressions There Were Many
Encounters With Interesting And
Wonderful People
Unprofessional Inappropriate Lacking In
Empathy These Were Some Of The Milder
Opinions Expressed In The Subsequent
Storm Of Controversy
It Was Not The First Disaster For
Lambrecht Did Not Want To
Become Defense Minister And Never Felt
Comfortable With The Job, She Seemed Out
Of Her Depth Talking About Weapon
Systems
Is Designed To Protect Critically
Infrastructure Because It Has This Tube
With Which It Shoots Into The Air And
Can Hit Objects That Are Very Far Away
She Wore High Heels On A Visit To The German
Troops In West Africa That Contravene
Army Rules
She Took Her Son Along On An Official
A Trip On A Military Helicopter Which Just
Happened To Take Her Close To Her
Holiday Destination
And Then There Is The War In Ukraine
Which Has Pushed Her And Her Department
To The Center Of Public Debate And
Focused Attention On Her Handling Of
Weapons Deliveries To Ukraine Her
The Response Was Hesitant, Her First Major
The Announcement Involved The Supply Of
Helmets
We Will Deliver 5 000 Helmets To Ukraine
As A Very Clear Signal, We Are Standing
At Your Side
This Was Met By The Vision of Well Beyond
Germany's Initial Chancellor Olaf
Schultz Stood Behind His Minister The
Chancellor Works Well With And Has
Confidence In All Members Of The Cabinet And
Of Course, That Is Also True For This Minister
But The Confidence Is Obviously
Exhausted Germany Is Getting A New
Defense Minister
Gaza Is With Us Now For More On This So
You Know We Saw In That Report Lamb right
Has Been Dogged By Controversy For Some
Time, So Why The Decision Now To Resign
Well There Does Come A Point In Politics
When It's Just Too Much And When You
Risk Damaging Your Ministry And Others
If You As A Minister Cling To A Job Too
Long And What Does Speak In Lamprey's
The Favor Is That She Does Seem To Have
Acknowledged That And It Is Something
That Cannot Be Taken For Granted But Why
Now Well In Her Press Release Today She
Says That The Media Have Been Focusing
Too Much On Her As A Person, She Says
That Focus Essentially Makes It
Impossible To Have A Proper Discuss
That We Did Focus On Her A Lot, She Was
Under A Lot Of Scrutiny Of Course As Any
German Defense Minister Would Have Been
At A Time When There Is A War In Europe
But Then In Her Resignation Statement
What Is Interesting Is That She Doesn't
Acknowledge Her Own Mistakes That She
Was Involved In All Those Blunders That
We Just Saw The Communication Mishaps
And That She Never Really Grew Into Her
Job. So There Is Widespread Relief Here
In Berlin She And The Chancellor
Have Decided That Her Time Is Up And
Also. Now That They've Ended Their
Speculation Phase Fairly Quickly
So You See There's Going To Be Some
Relief In Berlin After Her Resignation
But Is It Likely To Bring Any Meaningful
Change To Germany's Defense Policy
No, It Isn't Chancellor Schultz Made It
Clear From Day One Of Russia's
Large-scale Invasion Of Ukraine Back In
February When The Current Government Was
Not Even Three Months In Office That All
The Big Decisions When It Comes To
Military Strategy But Also When It Comes
To Support Ukraine. They Ultimately
Lie With Him And That Is Not Going To
Change Now Of Course Schultz Does Need
To Get It Right By Choosing A Lamp
Right Successor, He Said Already His
A Spokesperson Said Just Now That He Will
Announce The Successor On Tuesday. So We
Will Have Clarity And He Will Ideally
Choose A Defense Expert And Especially
Someone Who's A Good Manager With
Charisma And Somebody Who Likes The
Underwear That Is Vital That They Find
Such A Person So Will Want To
Choose Somebody From His Own Cabinet, of The
Baudelaire Is Undergoing Sorry
From His Own Party The SPD, in The Underwear
Is Undergoing Massive Transformation But
When It Comes To The Discussion Will
Germany Delivers Leopard Two Tanks Or Not
All Those Questions At The Moment The
The Government Keeps Stressing How Much Of A
Step Up That Was For Germany To Announce
The Delivery Of 40 Armored Vehicles Of
The Murder Type In Ukraine And Their
Adam And Germany Are Not Going To Go
Alone, They'll Only Take Those Decisions
In Close Coordination With The International
Partners All That Is Not Going To Change
For The New Defense Minister
Thank You, So Much
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