Economy

Why Germany hesitates to deliver Taurus projectiles to Ukraine

.FOR MONTHS Olaf Scholz, Germany's chancellor, has stood up to domestic and also worldwide pressure to supply Ukraine with German-made Taurus cruise rockets, an accurate, long-range munition. Determined to aid a more and more beleaguered Ukraine, some allies have cooked up ingenious systems to help change Germany's thoughts. David Cameron, Britain's foreign assistant, has actually prompted his visibility to a plan that would observe Germany send Taurus rockets to Britain, hence allowing Britain to deliver even more of its Hurricane Trace voyage rockets to Ukraine. Yet Mr Scholz refuses to budge. What are actually Taurus projectiles-- and why is the German government therefore unwilling to send them to Ukraine?