More and more politicians are working on Gerhard Schröder. Meanwhile, Kyiv is complaining about Berlin’s hesitant approach. The news ticker on reactions from Germany to the Ukraine war.
- Ukraine conflict: Germany is concerned about the war in Ukraine and its consequences.
- Attack from Bavaria: CSU boss Markus Söder massively attacks Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) for his actions in the conflict.
- criticism of Germany: The Ukraine considers the approach of the Federal Republic to be hesitant compared to other European countries.
- This News ticker on reactions from Germany in the Ukraine war is continuously updated. You can read the background to the Ukraine crisis here.
Update from May 1st, 7:45 p.m.: The Ukrainian government classifies the German reaction to the Russian war of aggression as rather hesitant compared to other European countries. In the Monday issue of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that Germany should “take on the leading role in Europe, especially when it comes to questions of Ostpolitik”. This applies to arms deliveries to Ukraine, sanctions against Russia and the granting of EU candidate status to Ukraine. Overall, Ukraine is hoping for “courageous, visionary decisions” by the federal government.
Although Kuleba showed appreciation for the previous arms deliveries from Germany. It is a mystery to him that Berlin has changed its attitude from week to week.
May 1 update at 2:28 p.m: Criticism of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD) is getting louder. “Former holders of top offices who are apparently on the side of criminal governments cannot count on the support of this state,” said FDP leader Christian Lindner at the weekend.
“We should draw conclusions,” explained the leader of the Liberals spark-Newspapers on. Lindner emphasized that it was no longer conceivable for him that Schröder would be provided with an office by the taxpayer.
Is CDU leader Merz traveling to Selenskyj in Kyiv? BKA is said to have “expressly” advised against it
May 1 update at 1:31 p.m: The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) is to daily mirror-Information “expressly” advised Friedrich Merz against his planned trip to Ukraine. The CDU boss had been asked to postpone the trip, the newspaper reported this Sunday.
Merz only informed the security authorities about the trip on Friday (April 29). The BKA is said to have emphasized that such a trip to the war zone requires a little more advance notice. According to the report, Merz is also said to have rejected BKA personal protection. The Federal Ministry of the Interior did not want to comment on this when asked by the newspaper, and Merz did not initially comment either.
The trip should take place on Tuesday night, like that daily mirror further reported. In Kyiv there should possibly be a meeting with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy give.
At the beginning of April, the chairmen of the Bundestag committees for defense (Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, FDP), external relations (Michael Roth, SPD) and European affairs (Anton Hofreiter, Greens) traveled to western Ukraine.
CSU boss Söder attacks former Chancellor Schröder in the Ukraine conflict – “Stubborn, old man”
May 1 update at 11:34 am: Sharp tones from the small CSU party conference in Würzburg: party leader Markus Söder called Olaf Scholz’s appearance in the Ukraine conflict “unworthy of a German chancellor”. The AFP news agency summarizes this again this Sunday and provides more quotes (our first report on Söder’s sweeping attack against Scholz’s traffic light coalition in this news ticker).
Söder also sharply criticized Gerhard Schröder. The former chancellor, who has been criticized for his friendship with the Russian head of state Vladimir Putin and his commitment to the Russian energy industry, is a “stubborn, bizarre old man for whom his own bank account is more important than Germany’s reputation”. Schröder is embarrassing, “a shame for our country”. He should leave the SPD and give up his privileges as former chancellor.
Video: Söder launches a sweeping attack against political competition
Söder on Lambrecht in the Ukraine conflict: “She is completely overwhelmed”
CSU General Secretary Mayer said that in the meantime the question had arisen as to whether Scholz should be reported missing. The Chancellor not only seemed overwhelmed, he had the impression “he is too,” said Mayer. “We do not need a chancellor who hesitates and procrastinates, we need a chancellor who takes responsibility, especially in these challenging times.”
Söder said he hoped that with the Bundestag decision to deliver heavy weapons, the federal government would now turn the lever: “Germany has been making an embarrassing figure for weeks, this must also end last Thursday.”
Traffic light coalition in the Ukraine conflict for Söder more of a “light organ”
In his aggressive speech, Söder also attacked the ruling parties SPD, Greens and FDP. A traffic light is switched with a clear light sequence, but this traffic light gives “more the impression of a light organ”. Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) accused Söder of having been invisible for weeks. “She’s completely overwhelmed,” he said.
Söder accused the Greens of making too big leaps in a short time. The Greens used to go to peace demonstrations, today they constantly demand rearmament “with a moral rigor”. The FDP, in turn, has thrown its financial policy principles overboard.
In Bavaria, a new state parliament will be elected in autumn 2023, and the new basic program should form the basis for the election program.
Reactions from Germany in the Ukraine war: Faeser accuses the Russian embassy of campaigning
First report from May 1st: Berlin – “Some online platforms offer ideal conditions for disinformation campaigns and war propaganda”: With these words, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) accused the Russian embassy of spreading false news about the Ukraine war.
“The Russian embassy also uses this,” continued Faeser in an interview with the Handelsblatt (May 2nd edition). She didn’t rule out the consequences. The ruling traffic light coalition has already expelled 40 alleged diplomats “whom we attribute to the Russian intelligence services”. But there are “further options for action”.
Germany in the Ukraine war: fight against Russian propaganda
The Russian war propaganda “must not have any influence on the internal peace in our country,” emphasized the minister. She pointed out that such hybrid threats are already being addressed. For example, the European Union (EU) ensured that the Russian propaganda station Russia Today (RT) not allowed to send here. “We have to counteract the false narratives, the lies and the disinformation with facts,” stressed Faeser.
The 40 Russian diplomats were expelled in early April. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) justified this by saying that the members of the Russian embassy “worked in Germany every day against our freedom, against the cohesion of our society”. (dpa/AFP/frs)
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