SPD leaders have reportedly considered a cabinet shuffle to fill the post of defense minister. Lauterbach was apparently also in the conversation at short notice.Before the resignation of Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, there were apparently numerous considerations about a possible successor. As the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" (FAZ) reports, citing informed circles, before the official announcement of his resignation, Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed a large number of options with the SPD party leadership, Lars Klingbeil and Saskia Esken, and the parliamentary...
Germany New Secretary of Defense "Russia is waging a cruel war of annihilation against a sovereign state" As of 9:47 p.m | Reading time: 4 minutes Pistorius officially appointed Minister of Defense and sworn in in the Bundestag Boris Pistorius has been sworn in before the Bundestag. At the request of Bundestag President Bärbel Bas, he took the oath of office. Pistorius had previously been appointed as the new Minister of Defense by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. You can listen...
STORY: NOTE: You will receive this post without narration. FEDERAL PRESIDENT FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER "Dear Christine Lambrecht, I would like to thank you today, not only for your willingness to take responsibility as Federal Minister of Defense in the most difficult of times, but also for your many years of political commitment. You have been a member of the German parliament for 23 years Bundestag in various offices for our parliamentary democracy." "As Federal Defense Minister, you had been in office...
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The previous Interior Minister of Lower Saxony, Boris Pistorius (SPD), will become the new Defense Minister and thus succeed Christine Lambrecht.Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz took the decision, which the SZ and other media had previously reported on, officially announced at noon. Pistorius is an "extremely experienced politician who has been tried and tested in administration, has been dealing with security policy for years and, with his competence, his assertiveness and his big heart, is exactly the right person to lead...
Status: 01/17/2023 11:04 a.m Lower Saxony's interior minister Boris Pistorius will become the new federal defense minister. That experienced that ARD Capital Studio. The SPD politician succeeds Christine Lambrecht. Lower Saxony's Interior Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) should, according to information from ARD Capital Studios become the new Federal Defense Minister. He is the successor to the resigned SPD politician Christine Lambrecht. The defense minister, who had been criticized for months, wrote on Monday morning that she had asked Chancellor Olaf...
According to SZ information, the previous Lower Saxony Interior Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) is to become the new Defense Minister.Pistorius, 62, has worked his entire political life in Lower Saxony, but has often been traded for federal political offices. In his federal state, he made a name for himself as a specialist politician and advocate for internal security.Pistorius is a very experienced politician, so he fully meets one of the most important requirements for Lambrecht's successor. He has been Minister...
Status: 01/17/2023 08:08 a.m Chancellor Scholz apparently wants to announce the successor to the outgoing Defense Minister Lambrecht today. There is speculation about a number of names - there could also be a novelty. The circle of possible successors is getting smaller. Following the resignation of Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to announce his successor today. Labor Minister Hubertus Heil said yesterday in the ARD-Broadcast Hard but fair, the chancellor will announce the personnel details quickly...
His many blunders will have finally brought down Christine Lambrecht. Germany's defense minister announced her resignation on Monday, as Berlin is again under pressure to increase its military support for Ukraine with tanks.The name of the person succeeding him is not yet known. Olaf Scholz only assured that he had a "clear idea" for his succession, which will be announced "very quickly". According to the daily Picturethe chancellor would be ready to break with the parity, unprecedented in Germany, of...
Scharping, Guttenberg, Lambrecht: There is hardly a nicer way to stumble than at the head of the Ministry of Defense in Berlin. Defense ministers are best remembered for their scandals. Or at least one connects their names with errors from their tenure. It has never been different in the last thirty years. The only exception is Peter Struck, who was credited with bringing calm back not only to the troops in his pipe-smoking, blustering way after the bathing years of...