With Scholz, we faced endless debates about almost every single weapon system we delivered. The result was that everything arrived slowly and delayed. The Russians knew well in advance what was about to be delivered and could prepare accordingly. The public, meanwhile, grew alienated by long talks about weapons, of which the average German nowadays has no idea.
Merz is, in fact, very different from Scholz, though people are slow to catch on. First, he has played the Oval Office and Trump really well so far. Second, he has realigned Germany with France and the UK. Third, and most importantly, he doesn't engage in hideous debates about specific weapons, strategies, or other military secrets. He maintains strategic ambiguity, and for good reason. He understands the basics of war to the extent that you simply cannot openly discuss every single step publicly when the enemy is obviously listening. Leftists and liberals nowadays "cannot into war," and it was never more obvious than after 2022 in German talk shows.