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First information about Bas meeting with Selenskyj known - Alice Schwarzer warns Scholz about Ukraine President

2022-05-13T03:08:52.759Z


First information about Bas meeting with Selenskyj known - Alice Schwarzer warns Scholz about Ukraine President Created: 05/13/2022, 04:54 By: Bedrettin Bölükbasi, Cindy Boden Germany's parties are arguing about the Ukraine course. The Ukrainian Ambassador Melnyk criticized a speech by Scholz as insufficient. News ticker. Escalated Ukraine conflict: Bundestag President Bas in Kiev - if possibl


First information about Bas meeting with Selenskyj known - Alice Schwarzer warns Scholz about Ukraine President

Created: 05/13/2022, 04:54

By: Bedrettin Bölükbasi, Cindy Boden

Germany's parties are arguing about the Ukraine course.

The Ukrainian Ambassador Melnyk criticized a speech by Scholz as insufficient.

News ticker.

  • Escalated Ukraine conflict:

    Bundestag President

    Bas

    in

    Kiev

    - if possible, she also wants to meet Selenskyj.

  • Meeting

    between

    Bas

    and

    Zelenskyy

    : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has demanded more military aid from Germany.

  • Scholz

    sends a

    message to Putin

    :

    he is again calling for an end to the war.

  • News ticker on reactions from Germany to the Ukraine war

Update from May 9, 6:10 a.m.:

Melnyk is disappointed with the Chancellor’s speech on TV

(update from May 8, 11:45 p.m.)

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Ukraine condemns commemoration conditions in Berlin

(update from May 8, 9:45 p.m.)

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You can read more news about the reactions from Germany to the Ukraine war in our current news ticker.

Ukraine news from Germany: Melnyk wants “much more concrete” from Scholz’s speech

Update from May 8, 11:45 p.m .:

The Ukrainian Ambassador Andriy Melnyk was disappointed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s television speech on the anniversary of the end of the World War in Europe.

In the speech, one would have wished for “much more concrete information” on how the Bundestag decision on the delivery of heavy weapons should be implemented, said Melnyk on the ARD program “Anne Will”.

"Unfortunately, we didn't hear much that was new," said the ambassador.

Melnyk called the German government's commitment to deliver seven self-propelled howitzers - modern artillery systems - to the Ukraine a "good decision".

At the same time, he made it clear that he expected much more.

"When we hear the Federal Chancellor saying that Russia must not win, that means that everything, absolutely everything should be done (...) to help us in this difficult situation, in this war, the worst war since Second World War,” demanded the diplomat.

Hitler's Germany could only be defeated because the USA and other countries had supplied the Soviet Union with thousands of planes and tanks under the Lend-Lease Act, said Melnyk, adding: "And we're talking about seven self-propelled howitzers and no further prospects. Further "historic decisions" by the Bundestag and the federal government would be important to help with everything Ukraine needs.

Germany in the Ukraine war: Kuleba criticizes the Berlin police's flag ban

Update from May 8, 9:45 p.m .:

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has condemned the Berlin police ordinance banning the display of Ukrainian flags when commemorating the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany.

"Berlin made a mistake when it banned Ukrainian symbols," Kuleba wrote on Twitter. "It is deeply wrong to treat them on an equal footing with Russian symbols," said the minister.

This was "an attack on all those who are currently defending Europe and Germany against Russian aggression," he wrote.

The Berlin police had imposed conditions for May 8 for a total of 15 memorial sites in the capital, where no flags and military symbols were allowed.

Therefore, the police had rolled up a huge Ukraine flag in front of the Soviet War Memorial, which had been brought by activists.

The Ukrainian Ambassador Andriy Melnyk had also sharply criticized the requirements for a total of 15 memorial sites in the capital.

The Senate defended the decision, saying the rules were intended to enable "dignified, peaceful commemoration."

Germany in the Ukraine war: Union advance on the Schröder debate - "Take away revenue"

Update from May 8, 5:05 p.m .:

In the debate about reducing the official equipment of former chancellor Gerhard Schröder, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group made the move to take his income from working for Russian energy companies.

The SPD politician should not continue to be allowed to earn millions for his activities in favor of Gazprom and Rosneft, said CDU MP Thomas Heilmann of the German Press Agency in Berlin.

"It's relatively easy to do by issuing a corresponding ban on activities.

Amounts that he would still receive would have to be paid in full to the state treasury," explained Heilmann.

He asked the scientific service of the Bundestag for an analysis of the legal way in which this could be done.

Schröder has been heavily criticized for not giving up his posts for Russian energy companies despite the Russian attack on Ukraine.

Germany and the Ukraine War: Meeting between Bas and Zelenskyj - first details known

Update from May 8, 4:30 p.m .:

According to Ukrainian information, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj discussed further military support for Ukraine in his meeting with Bundestag President Bärbel Bas.

A press release from the Ukrainian Presidency noted that Zelenskyy thanked Bas for Germany's help so far, while calling for "strong" and "confident" leadership to help against Russian aggression.

According to the press release, Bas and Zelenskyy discussed both renewed military support and the strengthening of sanctions against Russia.

Germany in the Ukraine war: Chancellor Scholz gives a TV speech on the conflict

Update from May 8, 2:03 p.m .:

The Second World War ended 77 years ago.

The commemoration of its victims on May 8th is shaped by the Ukraine war.

The atmosphere ahead of the celebrations is tense.

Scholz will give a speech on television on Sunday evening.

Ukraine news on Germany: Gysi after a trip against German arms deliveries

Update from May 8th, 11.45 a.m

.: Gregor Gysi was also in Ukraine.

After his trip, he spoke out against German arms deliveries to the country.

"We caused 27 million deaths in the Second World War in the Soviet Union, mostly Russians," said the left-wing foreign politician of the dpa news agency.

And added: "The Ukrainians who were killed come second, and then people of other nationalities." Germany should not arm one ex-Soviet republic against the other.

Of course, Ukraine has the right to defend itself and import weapons, said the 74-year-old.

Nor is it Germany's job to decide how to end the war, said Gysi.

If Kyiv wants to reach a compromise with the Kremlin, the federal government cannot forbid it.

At the same time, Gysi criticized the Kremlin in clear terms: "I'm done with the Putin regime." But he also emphasized that there will be a Russia after the current President Vladimir Putin.

It is therefore wrong to burn all bridges.

Germany in the Ukraine war: Bundestag President Bas arrived in Kyiv

Update from May 8, 9:41 a.m

.: The President of the Bundestag is the second highest representative in Germany and thus the most important German politician who has visited Ukraine since the beginning of the war.

Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (SPD) has now arrived in Kyiv.

There she wants to take part in the commemorative events marking the end of the Second World War in Europe 77 years ago.

A meeting with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also planned.

Bas follows an invitation from the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk.

Reactions from Germany in the Ukraine war: Schwarzer criticizes Selenskyj

Update from May 8, 6:49 a.m

.: "I regret that Selenskyj does not stop provoking": With these words, Alice Schwarzer wished for more moderate tones from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj.

She spoke to the dpa news agency in Munich on Saturday (May 7).

"I would also like to see a bit more nuanced tones from Ukraine," said Schwarzer, emphasizing that if you find the president's official policy "partially questionable," that doesn't mean you don't feel for the country or ignore the victims - "But on the contrary".

If Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) followed Selenskyj's invitation and traveled to Kyiv on May 9, it would be a "unparalleled provocation," the feminist said in the dpa interview.

On the day, Russia celebrates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

According to Schwarzer, the "Emma" letter on arms deliveries "got the stopper out of the bottle".

Schwarzer has been in the headlines for days because of an open letter to Scholz in which she spoke out against the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine for fear of an escalation of the war with other intellectuals.

With the open letter in the magazine

Emma

, ​​which Martin Walser, Juli Zeh and Gerhard Polt also signed, the debate about the pros and cons of arms deliveries in this country had flared up.

According to surveys, half of the people in Germany are critical of the delivery of heavy weapons.

“Our open letter knocked the cork out of the bottle.

As a result, the debate has now really got going, and that's good.

Because you have to talk about such vital issues,” said Schwarzer.

Around 250,000 people have now signed the letter.

"There is little in my life that has made as much sense as initiating this open letter."

Alice Schwarzer (archive image) © Oliver Berg/dpa

Germany in the Ukraine war: Bas (SPD) travels to Kyiv

Update from May 7, 8:33 p.m .:

Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (SPD) is visiting Kiev on Sunday.

At the invitation of the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, she wants to take part in a commemoration of the victims of National Socialism at the end of the Second World War in the Ukrainian capital.

If the security situation permits, Bas says he also wants to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Bas' visit had been planned since April.

Scholz addresses the Russian President directly: "Putin, withdraw your troops..."

Update from May 7, 3:40 p.m .:

Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (both SPD) have again condemned Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine.

The war was brutal and could not be justified by anything, Scholz said on Saturday in a video message at the party conference of the Hessian SPD in Marburg.

"Putin, end this war, the guns must be silent, withdraw your troops."

Scholz emphasized that support for Ukraine would be weighed and agreed upon.

Ukraine news on Germany: Lindner does not expect Scholz to visit Kyiv quickly

Update from May 7, 2:37 p.m .:

After the Kiev invitation from Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) to Ukraine, Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner does not expect a quick visit.

He has the greatest respect for such a spontaneous invitation, said the head of the FDP to the German Press Agency on Saturday at the sidelines of an election campaign event in Kiel.

Such a visit requires preparation.

He suspects that the security authorities will not be able to do this in the short term.

On the question of whether Scholz should generally travel to Ukraine, Lindner said: "The Chancellor decides that himself.

I know that he always carefully weighs his decisions from different perspectives.

"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj had invited the Federal Chancellor to Kyiv on May 9th.

With this, Scholz could take a “very strong political step”.

On the same day, Russia wants to celebrate “Victory Day” with a military parade.

News from Ukraine about Germany: Klingbeil recognizes the wrong sentence about Russia in the SPD program

Update from May 7, 2:15 p.m .:

SPD chairman Lars Klingbeil has announced a realignment of his party’s Ostpolitik.

"We focused too much on Russia," he told

Welt am Sonntag

.

"In future we will have to cooperate much more closely with the Eastern European countries."

The sentence in the SPD's basic program, according to which security in Europe can only be achieved with Russia, is no longer correct against the background of the Ukraine war.

According to Klingbeil, the party's internal commission for international politics will determine the future principles of social democratic foreign and security policy in the coming months.

"This also includes a critical look back," said the SPD leader.

SPD leader Lars Klingbeil and Chancellor Olaf Scholz (l).

© Florian Gaertner/Imago

Update from May 7, 12:05 p.m .:

The Berlin police issued conditions for the 77th anniversary of the end of the war, which Ukraine Ambassador Melnyk sharply rejects.

Important detail: It's not about the whole capital.

Ukraine news from Germany: Merz doubts the competence of Scholz' defense minister

First report:

Berlin – opposition leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) is looking for the right path for his party in the Ukraine war.

With his visit to Kyiv, during which he even met the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he attracted a lot of attention.

He acted statesmanlike.

However, he did not forget his function as a critic of the government during this time.

So he now handed out against the acting Minister of Defense Christine Lambrecht (SPD), who is verbally attacked from many sides anyway.

"If she understands something about the matter, then she is very successful in hiding it from the public," said CDU leader Merz

in an interview with the

Rheinische Post

when asked whether Lambrecht was the right person.

"And if she already lets it be known that she is interested in the Ministry of the Interior if the current incumbent should go back to Hesse, then that shows how comfortable she feels in her office," said Merz, with a nod to speculation about one Cabinet castling.

When the

Rheinische Post

brought FDP defense expert Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann into play as a possible minister of the department, Merz remained reserved, as expected: "That would certainly not have been the worse choice." Strack-Zimmermann has been at the latest since her own visit to Ukraine a lot with demands in the headlines and also got a lot of applause at the last FDP party conference.

CDU leader Friedrich Merz: opposition leader is looking for his role © Bonnfilm/Klaus W Schmidt/Sepp Spiegl/Imago

Germany and the Ukraine war: Merkel to Putin?

"Any cooperation with Putin is impossible"

Angela Merkel's name sometimes comes up around the Ukraine war.

In the interview, Merz was asked whether the former chancellor should travel to Moscow as an intermediary: "I don't know if she wants that.

And if so, then the federal government would have to talk to her about it.

But I have my doubts as to whether we can still talk to Putin at all.”

Merkel's ex-adviser Christoph Heusgen, now head of the Munich Security Conference, also commented on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

He ruled out working with the Kremlin boss after the end of the war.

“Any cooperation with Putin is impossible.

Russia's president has said goodbye to the civilized world," Heusgen told the

Funke media group

newspapers .

Putin has broken all agreements under which his name stands and belongs before an international court for war crimes committed by Russia.

News about the war: Ex-Merkel adviser fears scenario for Ukraine like in the First World War

In addition, for Heusgen there are no signs of an early end to the Russian war of aggression in the Ukraine.

"I'm afraid the war will continue," said the former German UN ambassador and longtime foreign policy adviser to Merkel.

"The Ukrainian government has to say: For us, this is a solution in which we agree to a ceasefire." But the Ukrainians didn't want a dictated peace, they wanted their country back.

“So I fear we are headed for a World War I-like scenario

.

With a front line where artillery fired and fought heavily,” says Heusgen.

(cibo/dpa/AFP)

Source: merkur

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