Norbert Röttgen criticizes Olaf Scholz’s Ukraine policy. The Chancellor is adopting Putin’s rhetoric, said the CDU man.
Berlin – The CDU foreign politician Norbert Röttgen has accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) of a fearful attitude towards Russia’s war against Ukraine. “A chancellor must not be characterized by fear. He must not make them the motive for his political actions,” said Röttgen Mirror and thus alluded to Scholz’s efforts not to provoke the nuclear power Russia into a nuclear escalation of the conflict – for example by supplying certain types of weapons to Ukraine.
Röttgen said Scholz’s fears were unfounded. “To adopt the intimidation rhetoric of the warmonger and to convey it to the Germans with the authority of the Chancellor is irresponsible,” said Röttgen, referring to the Chancellor and Kremlin chief Vladimir Putinwho ordered the attack on Ukraine. Röttgen said that with this attitude, Scholz was responsible for the fact that a majority of citizens in Germany now reject further arms deliveries to Ukraine.
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Röttgen was convinced that the warning from China and the USA to Russia not to use nuclear weapons was sufficient as a deterrent. The war can only be ended if “Ukraine gains the upper hand militarily,” said the CDU politician Mirrorl. Further Western aid is required for this. In the event of an election victory by the former president Donald Trump However, in the US election in November, he believes it is impossible that there will be “any form of support for Ukraine” from the United States.
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will take part in the meeting of Ukraine supporting states in Ramstein, Rhineland-Palatinate next Saturday. “We are preparing for the 25th Ramstein meeting on October 12, which will take place for the first time at the level of heads of state and government,” Zelenskyj said on the online service “Victory Plan” for the ongoing Ukraine war, which contains “clear, concrete steps for a just end to the war,” he added. (dpa/jal)
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