The „Zeitenwende“ proclaimed by German Chancellor Scholz on 27 February last year raised many expectations throughout NATO’s eastern flank, says Rolf Nikel. Especially in Poland, says Germany’s former ambassador to Poland. „Now it is a matter of restoring trust through action. Germany has an even greater obligation than before,“ says Nikel, who is now vice president of the German Council on Foreign Relations, in an interview with Till Hoppe and Viktor Funk.