Climate foundation: Committee insists on Schröder -Annasage – lawyer outraged

Despite a medical certificate for a burnout presented by Gerhard Schröder, the Schwerin state parliament committee of the Schwerin state parliament is at the questioning of the former Chancellor and SPD leader. As the Greens MP Hannes Damm announced, the committee of the Climate and Environmental Protection MV was decided for the third time the 81-year-old’s charge, now on October 17, 2025.

Lawyer fears “serious negative consequences” for Schröder

Schröder’s lawyer Hans-Peter Huber was outraged. This procedure is not covered by the Code of Criminal Procedure, on which the committees are based. The doubts about the private medical report are not to be followed and the reasoning is not sufficient.

“Gerhard Schröder is certainly not yet so far in October that he can testify to the committee. Such an appointment could have a serious negative consequences for the recipient’s recovery process,” said Huber of the German Press Agency.

Schröder had gone to a clinic in spring in Switzerland with the diagnosis of burnout. He had recently wrote to the committee that a stable recovery from his burnout disease would “by no means be sure this year”. Until then, unusual stressful situations should be avoided.

Loaded the former Chancellor because of his North Stream jobs

After leaving politics, Schröder was active for Russian energy companies for many years, including as President of the Nord Stream 2 AG board.

In mid-May, the ex-Chancellor had made it clear in a letter to the committee that he was still standing for Russian natural gas for the Baltic Sea line Nord Stream 2, since Germany’s industry needs safe and affordable energy.

Opposition wants information about the possible influence of Russia

The opposition parties, on the initiative of which the special committee had been set up, hope for Schröder’s direct interrogation of the possible influence on the possible influence of Russia on decisions by the state government of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. This was founded at the beginning of 2021 the MV climate and environmental protection foundation to secure the completion of the Russian-German Gaspipeline Nord Stream 2, which was endangered by threats of sanctions by the United States. In response to Russia’s aggression war against Ukraine, the foundation should be dissolved, but this failed.