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On campaign trips, Hofreiter repeatedly spoke out against the Chancellor. Scholz may have a plan for Ukraine in the spirit of Putin. Criticism from experts quickly followed.
Berlin – In a portrait of mirror Green European Committee chairman Anton Hofreiter accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) of having a “hidden agenda” in the Ukraine war. The Chancellor’s strategy, Hofreiter speculated, was “to always support Ukraine half-heartedly until Ukraine is ready to negotiate and give up large parts of its territory.” With this, Hofreiter went beyond his usual, sharp criticism of the Ukraine policy Chancellor out. International relations experts reacted mixedly to the “hidden agenda” claim aimed at enforcing Ukrainian territorial cessions to Russia.
“Hidden agenda” and “no idea” about nuclear deterrence – Hofreiter deals against Scholz
In several angry speeches during the election campaign in which he was Mirror accompanied, Hofreiter criticized the Chancellor harshly. He accused him of being naive and having “no idea” about the function of nuclear deterrence. He repeatedly referred to security policy experts with whom he had exchanged views in Paris, who would “all throw up their hands” when they talked about Scholz. In the discussion quoted, he also attributed the term “hidden agenda” to “people who were concerned with it”.
The realist school of thought, which emphasizes the need for military strength and deterrence in the analysis, is much more present in French political science than in German-speaking countries.
“Almost conspiracy theory fantasies” – Sharp criticism of Hofreiter’s attack on Scholz
The reactions from political scientists from Germany and Austria were not long in coming. Thorsten Brenner, director of the liberal Berlin think tank Global Public Policy Institute, wrote on But what Hofreiter meant with the term “hidden agenda” was just as damaging: Brenner assumed that Hofreiter would “construct extreme opinions as a pseudo-consensus of the expert community in order to support his own, almost conspiracy-theoretical, ‘hidden agenda’ fantasies.”
Political scientists give advice to Hofreiter and Scholz on Ukraine
Thomas Jäger, Professor of International Politics at the University of Cologne, tweeted a little more critically towards the Chancellor: It was not in Scholz’s habitus to react to Hofreiter’s criticism. However, if the Chancellor does not quickly dispel the accusation that he is secretly planning to cede Ukrainian territory to Russia, then he probably will not be able to do so. In the magazine Focus The Innsbruck political scientist Gerhard Mangott was “dismayed” by Hofreiter’s statements. He advises him to initiate a motion of no confidence against Scholz if he distrusts him so much. (kb)
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