German Foreign Minister Olaf Scholz; French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk pledged this Friday to intensify their military support for Ukraine with a new coalition of long-range missiles and the purchase of more ammunition.

“We will not give up on our support,” Scholz stressed at the end of the meeting in the Weimar Triangle format.

Scholz also highlighted the agreement of the European Union (EU) to promote a specific military support fund to Ukraine endowed with 5 billion euros for this year, the reinforcement of the community training mission of Ukrainian soldiers, as well as the decision to use the interests of Russian assets frozen in Europe to support the purchase of weapons for Kiev.

Next Tuesday, a new meeting of the Contact Group for the Defense of Ukraine will be held at the US air base in Ramstein, in Germany, in which that new coalition of long-range missiles will be proposed, although the German Chancellor himself has categorically refused to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine, which have the ability to hit targets 500 kilometers away.

With respect to the Taurus, there are differences even within the German Government where part of the Greens and the Liberal Party (FDP) are in favor of sending it, despite the rejection of it by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Scholz.

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On two occasions the opposition has taken advantage of the differences within the Government to try, unsuccessfully, to carry out a resolution in Parliament asking for the sending of the Taurus.

Nevertheless, the government coalition adopted a resolution in the Lower House in February in which it calls for “wide-ranging weapons systems and ammunition” for Ukraine.

Scholz maintains that these weapons cannot be used without the participation of German soldiers and has asked not to divert attention with a debate about a single type of weapons.

Macron pointed out that the coalition is open to all countries, as well as the many others that exist for the supply of F16 fighters and drones for Ukraine, for example.

The French president, who reiterated that the security and future of Europe is at stake due to the Russian war in Ukraine, explained that the three countries support the Czech initiative, which at the Munich Security Conference in February announced that it has found up to 800,000 NATO standard munitions that can be sent to Ukraine if the necessary funding is found.

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At the moment it has commitments for 500,000 pieces of ammunition as a result of the initiative, which Germany had already joined.

Macron said that the three countries will work with the industry in Europe and in Ukraine to promote the production of ammunition in the territory of the invaded country.

The French president pointed out that boosting European production is a priority, but that, “if this is not possible fast enough or in the necessary volume, we will be able to mobilize funding to buy ammunition and military equipment in other countries to support Ukraine.”

The Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, pointed out in turn that it is very important for him that the Weimar Triangle has been reactivated and that the trilateral meeting has served to make concrete decisions.

He maintained that this shows that “the malicious rumors, the disputes or differences between the capitals are not true,” he said in reference to the differences between the French president and Scholz on some issues such as the possible sending of European or NATO troops to Ukraine.

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“Today we have spoken with one voice, especially about the security of our continent and our countries.”

Tusk informed his two counterparts about his recent visit to Washington and the climate in the US capital in the context of the presidential elections, in which Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump aspires to return to the White House.

Trump has already threatened not to help Europe if the Old Continent does not pay for its defense and would also have told the Hungarian president, Viktor Orbán, that he will not give “a penny” to Ukraine if he becomes president of the United States again.

“The three of us are aware that we Europeans have the responsibility for transatlantic relations and our future, and that can’t be changed by anyone, no matter what happens politically,” he said.

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