Gerhard Schröder wants a “peace chancellor”. In the former Chancellor’s opinion, Scholz did everything right by rejecting Taurus.
Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder supported Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s no to the delivery of Taurus missiles to Ukraine and the fundamental rejection of sending ground troops. “I think Olaf Scholz is doing what I would expect from a German chancellor at the moment,” said former SPD leader Schröder to the German Press Agency. At the same time, he called for a German-French initiative for negotiations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
When asked whether he would like a “peace chancellor” Scholz, the 79-year-old said: “Yes, I would like that.” He added: “If someone, as German Chancellor, advocates for peace, if someone is described as a ‘peace chancellor,’ is that negative?”
Schröder has been friends with Russian President Vladimir Putin since he was chancellor from 1998 to 2005 and continues to work for the majority Russian companies on the Nord Stream pipelines through the Baltic Sea. Although he has called the Russian attack on Ukraine a mistake, he still maintains his friendship with Putin. He is therefore excluded from the SPD leadership, but a party expulsion procedure against him failed.
Three weeks ago, Scholz justified his rejection of a delivery of Taurus cruise missiles with a range of 500 kilometers by saying that Germany could be drawn into the war. Shortly afterwards, he clearly opposed French President Emmanuel Macron’s call to leave sending ground troops to Ukraine as an option on the table.
Source: Stern
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