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Scholz plan to let US station long-range missiles in Germany angers backbenchers
Chancellor Olaf Scholz
GERMAN Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces opposition from his own Social Democrat backbenchers after agreeing to host US missiles with a range of up to 2,500km (1,550 miles), able to hit Moscow.
SPD parliamentary leader Rolf Mutzenich warns that “not every weapon makes Germany safer,” joining others, including even some Christian Democrats, in saying the Bundestag should have a say.
MPs are planning to force a debate next month, though government lawyers say that it does not need parliamentary consent.
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