According to a survey, 75 percent of all Germans want former Chancellor Schröder’s pension to be cut if he doesn’t give up his top jobs in Russian state-owned companies.
Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD) is increasingly marginalized in the eyes of the German population because of his closeness to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In a representative survey by the opinion research institute Insa for the “Bild am Sonntag”, 74 percent of all Germans and even 82 percent of SPD voters were of the opinion that Schröder should be expelled from the SPD. 75 percent (SPD voters: 79 percent) even think that Schröder’s pension should be canceled if he doesn’t give up his top jobs in Russian state-owned companies.
Insa interviewed 1005 people on March 4th.
The former chancellor has recently come under heavy criticism for maintaining business ties with Russia despite the Russian attack on Ukraine. Specifically, it is about Schröder’s posts at the Russian energy companies Nord Stream 1 and 2 and the oil company Rosneft, where he is the head of the supervisory board. In addition, Schröder is to take on a supervisory board position for Gazprom.
Heidelberg SPD applies for party expulsion
After the SPD leadership, Chancellor Olaf Scholz also asked his predecessor to vacate his posts at Russian state-owned companies. The Heidelberg Social Democrats applied for Schröder’s expulsion from the party.
In another section of the poll, 48 percent of respondents believed sanctions against Russia do not go far enough. 27 percent think the sanctions are just right, 16 percent think they go too far.
One reason for the increased willingness to impose sanctions could be the fear of an escalation of the war: 77 percent are concerned that nuclear weapons could be used. 76 percent fear that Russia could attack other countries besides Ukraine.
Source: Stern
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