Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate Dreyer (both SPD) visited Kaiserslautern at noon. The program included a visit to the DFKI and the police.
Chancellor Scholz and Prime Minister Dreyer got out of their cars in Kaiserslautern at noon in a good mood.
Chancellor Scholz and Prime Minister Dreyer (both SPD) have arrived in Kaiserslautern
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A smile on your face, a friendly wave for the journalists and onlookers. Short photo session in front of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). Then it was off into the building.
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is visiting the DFKI and the West Palatinate Police Headquarters in Kaiserslautern today. We report on the visit in our live blog.
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Chancellor is impressed by the DFKI
Among other things, the Federal Chancellor informed himself about artificial intelligence as a supporter of humans and the importance of the “Smart Factory KL”. After the tour of the DFKI, Scholz was impressed: “I am very proud that we have such a facility in our country!” The Chancellor emphasized that the artificial intelligence at the Kaiserslautern research center is important in order to make oneself independent of others in the future. Some onlookers followed Scholz’s visit to Kaiserslautern.
Around 30 reporters and numerous onlookers are waiting in Kaiserslautern to see Chancellor Scholz.
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Chancellor Scholz at the police station in Kaiserslautern
The second station of the Chancellor’s visit to Kaiserslautern was more emotional. The police headquarters in West Palatinate was the place of work for the police trainee and the police commissioner were shot dead during a vehicle check near Kusel at the end of January.
Chief of Police Michael Denne (left) receives Chancellor Scholz and Prime Minister Dreyer at the West Palatinate police headquarters
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Chancellor Scholz signed the condolence book of the families of the murdered police officers.
Emotional visit to the police in Kaiserslautern
Afterwards, Scholz was deeply moved. Scholz said he talked to many police officers. The act still upsets him.
Scholz appreciates the work of the police
The chancellor also exchanged views with the civil servants about their day-to-day work. Scholz, together with Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Dreyer and Interior Minister Lewentz, paid tribute to the commitment and work of the police officers – especially in times of a pandemic.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) ended his visit to Kaiserslautern after a good two hours
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Chancellor Scholz’s visit to Kaiserslautern ended after about two hours.