The crisis brought on by Russia’s attack on Ukraine this February is of a different order. Olaf Scholz, who took over from Mrs Merkel last December at the head of a coalition of social democrats, greens and liberals, was quick to grasp the shift. Germany would support Ukraine to the hilt, he said. It would punish Russia with sanctions and pump up its own army. It would reverse its willingness partly a policy of engagement through trade, partly opportunism to depend on Russia for inordinate amounts of natural gas. How has the war changed the Germany’s strength to cope with extraordinary developments ?

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