Federal government: Baerbock after Scholz’s accusation of lying against election campaign rhetoric

Federal government: Baerbock after Scholz’s accusation of lying against election campaign rhetoric

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Baerbock after Scholz’s accusation of lying against campaign rhetoric






The Chancellor is tightening the tone in the dispute over additional billions in aid to Ukraine. The Foreign Minister has clear words about this.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warns Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) not to exploit the issue in the election campaign in the dispute over the financing of new aid to Ukraine. She wanted to “say in all seriousness that the times are too challenging, that Germany has too great a responsibility for us all to fall into election campaign rhetoric in the next few weeks,” said the Green politician at a meeting with her Lithuanian colleague Kęstutis Budrys in Berlin. Scholz had previously accused his opponents of lying in the debate.

“It is an essential question for trust in Europe whether we are able to act in the interests of all of us, our European security,” added Baerbock. Everyone in the government had given their word to neighboring European countries that they would stand by Ukraine as long as it needed Germany and that Germany would stand by its Eastern European partners. “That’s why it’s important that we continue to implement exactly that, especially in difficult moments,” demanded Baerbock.

Baerbock: Germany must continue to accept its responsibility

In discussions with her counterparts, questions arise as to whether Germany continues to accept its responsibility, said Baerbock. “As German Foreign Minister, I would like to say: Yes, we will do that.” That’s why the Foreign Office and the Defense Ministry are continuing to prepare a meeting of the Bundestag’s budget committee next week, which will focus on the Ukraine billions.

Scholz: The German people are being lied to

Scholz had sharpened his tone at the “Ask the Top Candidates” event organized by the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” in Frankfurt am Main and said: “I have the feeling that I am saying this so openly: At the moment this is being done with the greatest intensity and great caution lied to the German people.” When asked by whom, the SPD candidate for chancellor added: “From everyone who tries to exclude one question: How do we pay for it.”

Scholz wants to lift the debt brake to finance three billion euros for additional aid for Ukraine. The Union, the FDP and also the Greens, his remaining coalition partner, want to finance additional arms deliveries to Ukraine through an unscheduled budget expenditure before the federal election.

dpa

Source: Stern

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