‘Almost invisible’: Germans lose patience with Olaf Scholz as he hesitates on Ukraine

The new chancellor has faced criticism abroad for his stance, and is now coming under fire at home

Germany's new chancellor Olaf Scholz is waving goodbye to the honeymoon period of his tenure, as his inaudible" stance over the brewing crisis on the Ukrainian border is failing to impress not just Russia-hawks abroad but also more ambivalent voters at home.

Scholz, whose liberal-left traffic light" coalition was sworn in less than two months ago, has been criticised by Kyiv and other east-central European capitals for sticking to his country's restrictive stance on weapons export to crisis regions and looking slow to spell out the potential sanctions that could be triggered by a Russian invasion into Ukraine.