Olaf Scholz\u2019s endless dithering over Ukraine is playing into Putin\u2019s hands<\/p>\n
National stereotypes are unfair, insulting \u2013 and strangely reassuring. It\u2019s somehow good to know in an unpredictable, fast-changing world that Italians may be relied upon to be melodramatic, the French rude, the Americans loud and the English drunk. When nations act out of character, and refuse to conform to type, it feels a little disconcerting.<\/p>\n
This seems to be what\u2019s happening in Germany today as Europe looks on, perplexed. What has become of that hackneyed Teutonic efficiency, decisiveness, reliability and steely-eyed determination? The past victors of countless poolside deckchair skirmishes now flirt with chaos in ways that make Westeros look well\u00a0ordered.<\/p>\n
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