A motion put forward in parliament by Germany’s conservative opposition that called for the government to send long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine was rejected by a large majority of lawmakers on Wednesday evening. Nearly all lawmakers from the three-party governing coalition – Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the business friendly Free Democrats (FDP) – were opposed to the motion. The outcome in parliament may seem a bit baffling, especially as the Greens and the FDP have been pushing Scholz for months to send the missiles, which Kiev could use to strik…