“Schroeder” found friendship with Putin useful

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, quoted by the German “D Site” publication, Gerhard Former German Chancellor Schröder believes that his friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin can help end the war in Ukraine. This politician of the Social Democratic Party said in an interview with the German news agency: “We have worked together sensibly for years.” Maybe this can still help to find a negotiated solution, I don’t see any other solution.”

He stressed that he does not want to forget that there are also “positive events” in this policy. According to Schröder, it seemed at the time that this personal relationship could be useful for solving a difficult political problem. According to the German news agency, Schröder may refer to his mediation mission from March 2022. That failed. Today, the former German chancellor is committed to a new government-level mediation effort to end the war in Ukraine, which he specifically blames on Germany and France.

Schröder in another section From his words, he called speculations about Russia’s attack on eastern NATO countries or a nuclear attack as “nonsense”. He said that in addition to supporting Ukraine, a solution to the conflict should also be given serious attention so as not to increase unrest among the people. /p>

Schröder is also criticized in the ruling Social Democratic Party for being friends with Putin, although he has called the war in Ukraine a “fatal mistake” but is completely out of touch with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, who has since When he became chancellor, he was a friend and did not distance himself from him. Therefore, the leadership of the Social Democratic Party removed him, but the process of expulsion from the party failed. Several scholars from the ranks of the party, including the famous historian Heinrich August Winkler, criticized in a letter the lack of “necessary clarity and unequivocal coherence” in the statements of the party’s leadership. The letter said the Social Democratic Party had a short-sighted concept of peace and was not coordinating “adequately” with its allies in Europe. The proposal made by the leader of the parliamentary group of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag, Rolf Motsenich, who talked about stopping the war, also caused a lot of discussion.

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