Schröder before his 80th birthday: Don't regret any decision. He said no to the Iraq war, forged the reform agenda in 2010 and remained loyal to his friend Putin despite the war of aggression.

Schröder continues to feel at home in his party, which he has been a member of for 61 years. Today he wants his party to return to its anti-war traditions and try to contribute to a peace solution in Ukraine. He hopes that the SPD and Chancellor Olaf Scholz would live up to this responsibility.