Kretschmann massively criticizes Pope for Ukraine statement. Only an individual can be pacifist, not a state, he says.
Pope sparked strong criticism with a misleading appeal for peace negotiations in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. In an interview on Swiss television, the 87-year-old also used the phrase ‘white flag’ - in times of war, the identifying symbol of negotiators or the sign of surrender. The Green politician said on Tuesday in Stuttgart that he did not agree in any way with Pope's statement.