As of: 01/18/2023 4:56 p.m In Davos, Chancellor Scholz promised Ukraine "unlimited German support". However, Scholz did not comment on a possible delivery of "Leopard" tanks. His speech was primarily about one thing: the economy of the future. "What a difference a year makes" - with these words Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) opened his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Chancellor then outlined the changes in the global economy - also as a result of Russia's...
In Berlin and beyond, many are pressing for a word from the Chancellor about Christine Lambrecht's successor. But Scholz prefers to visit a brewery in Ulm. Olaf Scholz is dealing with two parallel fermentation processes this Monday. He experiences one in Ulm at the Gold Ochsen brewery, or rather the result: at lunchtime the chancellor holds a glass of naturally cloudy beer in his hand, this unfiltered golden-yellow liquid is called a gusset. He drinks from it too. Later he...
A lack of defense experts, plus the woman-man representation in the cabinet. What names are circulating for the possible successor to the Secretary of Defense. source site
The new year begins for Olaf Scholz as the old one ended. (Personnel) problems and many construction sites. The agenda for the SPD board meeting already shows that we have a problem. One item on the agenda is "Communication in times of multiple crises". It's actually amazing that the traffic light is so modest in public: the collapse of German industry, mass bankruptcies and popular uprisings because of unpayable electricity and gas bills were still being discussed in September. Today,...
It is a letter that is unlikely to meet with much enthusiasm in the Chancellery: The Union faction in the Bundestag has asked the Finance Committee to ask Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) again about his role in the cum-ex scandal surrounding the Hamburg Warburg Bank. Scholz was the first mayor of Hamburg at the time; Among other things, it is about the question of why the financial administration of the Hanseatic city initially wanted to forgo a tax reclaim for...
star survey Three quarters of Germans consider Angela Merkel to be one of the most important chancellors in the Federal Republic Angela Merkel is still held in high esteem by many Germans © Sven Hoppe / DPA Almost three out of four Germans think that Angela Merkel is one of the most important chancellors in the Federal Republic. Young people see the CDU politician particularly positively. Recently, Wolfgang Schäuble did not want to include Angela Merkel in the ranks of...
During the vote in the Bundestag, nine members of the Greens did not agree to the Chancellor's compromise. They have one thing in common. It was once again a decision that shows how stable the coalition is together. It wasn't about much. On Friday, the Bundestag decided on the three-month continued operation of the nuclear power plants Isar 2, Emsland and Neckarwestheim 2. The question was: will the Greens go along with Scholz or stand in the way? In the...
Critics see Scholz's visit to China as pandering to an absolute ruler. The chancellor thinks that you also have to talk to difficult people. Sticking point of the trip: How does Xi feel about Putin? It is a very special reception that Chancellor Olaf Scholz is given at Beijing Airport. People in white protective suits roll out the red carpet in front of his government plane. However, it takes a few minutes before he can enter it. Scholz first has...
Status: 04.11.2022 04:10 a.m Chancellor Scholz has arrived in Beijing at the start of his controversial trip to China. There he meets first with President Xi. Scholz is accompanied by a business delegation. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has arrived in Beijing for his first visit as German head of government. His plane landed at the airport in the Chinese capital in the morning local time. After his arrival, a meeting with head of state and party leader Xi Jinping is...
Status: 11/04/2022 01:43 a.m The head of the Munich Security Conference, Heusgen, is currently at his old place of work in New York to promote a "turn of the era". The chancellor's trip to China doesn't fit into the concept at all. By Antje Passenheim, ARD Studio New York The head of the Munich Security Conference is standing in front of his old place of work in New York. As a former German ambassador to the United Nations, Christoph Heusgen...
