President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed “ways to achieve just peace in Ukraine” during a phone call on Feb. 21. According to a statement from Steffen Hebestreit, the German Federal Government spokesman, Scholz “reiterated his ongoing and unwavering solidarity with Ukraine,” and assured that Germany would continue to support Ukraine in close […]
German Chancellor Olaf Schlolz and his chief challenger in the upcoming elections, Friedrich Merz, agreed during a television debate on Feb. 9 that Berlin must continue supporting Ukraine and that Russia’s war must end as soon as possible. Polls show Merz’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance as a clear favorite for the Feb. 23 snap elections. The […]
Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a Feb. 8 interview that discussions over Germany potentially deploying its peacekeeping troops to Ukraine are “premature and inappropriate.” He told the German newspaper RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) that “first there needs to be an end to the conflict and real negotiations,” and only then it would be possible to discuss […]