This is CBS. I am the world. I am John Bachelor. Germany, the critical player in the European

Union in NATO for the war in Ukraine. The conflict turns on battlefield decisions, but also

on decisions about arsenal of democracy supplying Ukraine with the tools it needs to outlast

the Russian were told human waves along the Donbas front and the larger threat of Russia's

strategic depth, turning this contest of attrition into a long war. I welcome Judy Demsie

of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She is the editor-in-chief of Strategic

Europe, which is a publication, online publication you can access easily to read about the many

voices across the European Union about Ukraine conflict, but the largest story of the

Russian cutoff of energy to Europe after many decades of assuming that it would always

be there. The detail this morning breaking news in Germany is positive on one hand. Inflation

is going under double digit, which heartens people to think that the remedies offered

by the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, the Federal Reserve in America are

moving in the right direction over the recovery from pandemic. However, we have specific stories

that apply to Germany in Ukraine. The headline, Germany names new defense minister will face

pressure to send tanks to Ukraine. The explanation is that Christine Lambrack, the former minister

of defense, resigned ahead of a conference at the US military base in Ramstein on Western

plans to provide keep with more arms. The detail here is something called the leopard

two. It's a main battle tank comparable to the challenger two in the UK in the UK and

the Abrams tank in the United States, but it has provided a window in the topsy-turvy

politics of Germany, a coalition led by all of Schultz, its many parties and the Ukraine

conflict, damaging German prosperity. Judy beg pardon for the long introduction, but these

things changed dramatically from week to week. It's a pleasure to welcome you. The resignation

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