Ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is increasingly being criticized for his role in Russian state-owned companies. So far, he has not responded to corresponding demands from the SPD party leadership.
According to SPD leader Lars Klingbeil, former chancellor Gerhard Schröder has not yet responded to the party leadership’s demand that he relinquish his post at Russian state-owned companies.
When asked whether Schröder had answered the corresponding letter, Klingbeil told the news portal “t-online”: “No, not yet.” Klingbeil emphasized: “We have clearly distanced ourselves politically.” A party order procedure against Schröder is currently underway. “We would all have wished that Gerhard Schröder would take the right side of history when the war began at the latest. He chose the wrong side.”
In a letter, Klingbeil and co-chair Saskia Esken had asked Schröder to resign. Klingbeil said at the beginning of March that a “timely” answer was expected. Specifically, it is about activities at the natural gas pipeline company Nord Stream 1 and 2 and the Russian oil company Rosneft, where he is chairman of the supervisory board. In addition, Schröder is to take on a supervisory board position for Gazprom. The former SPD leader and chancellor has long been criticized for his ties to Russia – after the Russian attack on Ukraine the pressure on him increased. He is considered a longtime friend of President Vladimir Putin.
Source: Stern
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