The German government on Monday again rejected calls for the delivery of fighter jets to Ukraine, after opposition leader Friedrich Merz from the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) said he supported the idea. Government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said Ukraine is already due to receive a number of F-16 jets, which Germany does not possess, from Western partners this summer. “It makes no sense to hand over different types of fighter jets to Ukraine,” Hebestreit said. “Even though fighter jets may look similar from the outside, they are very different to handle. It involves long-term…