STORY: NOTE: This post will be broadcast without narration. O-Ton Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Chancellor: “A year ago, our energy stores were empty like never before. Today they are full to the hilt. Because this federal government is not just talking, but acting. And because in the spring, fortunately, we are not yours followed the proposal to shut off Russian gas supplies practically overnight. Instead, we gradually ended Germany’s dependency on gas, oil and coal. A dependency that a year ago was still 50 percent for gas. And at the same time, this government with an in We have ensured that there are alternatives at a speed that is no longer known in our country. In a few weeks, the first liquid gas terminals will go into operation in northern Germany. We have taken coal-fired power plants from the reserve. We will let the three remaining nuclear power plants continue to run until next spring. And we have launched the most significant energy sector reform in decades, and this federal government is taking care of that for renewable energies and the necessary transmission grids to be expanded much faster than before. Incidentally, also in federal states in the south of our republic, where this expansion has stopped so far. This federal government is bringing our country up to date in terms of security policy. As a reliable ally with powerful armed forces. After the defense ministers of the CDU and CSU had neglected our Bundeswehr for many years. It is this federal government that, contrary to decades of state practice, has made the decision to support Ukraine with the weapons it needs in a valiant defensive struggle every day. And we stand shoulder to shoulder with our closest allies. As long as this senseless, brutal, criminal war continues.”