Gerhard Schröder takes legal action against partial loss of his privileges

Created: 05/20/2022, 11:55 am

By: Christian Stör

Gerhard Schröder, photographed in December 2021. (Archive photo) © Christoph Soeder/dpa

Gerhard Schröder's connection to Russia also calls the EU into action.

The former chancellor loses some of his privileges.

He now wants to take action against it.

Update from Friday, May 20, 11:45 a.m .:

Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder wants to take legal action against the partial loss of his privileges.

This is reported by the news magazine Spiegel.

According to the report, Schröder commissioned the constitutional lawyer Michael Nagel from Hanover to examine the incident.

The budget committee of the Bundestag decided on Thursday that Schröder's office should be closed.

However, the former chancellor should not lose all his privileges: pension and personal security should remain.

+++ 2.15 p.m .:

Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder will have to give up some of his privileges in the future.

That was decided by the Bundestag's budget exclusion on Thursday afternoon.

Schröder's office is to be wound up, but the SPD politician should continue to receive a pension and personal security.

The dpa learned this from committee circles.

First report from Thursday, May 19, 12:00 p.m.:

Brussels – The European Parliament has spoken out in favor of EU sanctions against ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder by a large majority.

The reason is the ongoing activity of the SPD politician for Russian state companies such as the energy company Rosneft, according to a resolution passed in Brussels on Thursday.

Former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

(Archive photo) © Kay Nietfeld/dpa

Parliament's step is likely to increase the pressure on the responsible EU Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, and the Foreign Affairs Commissioner, Josep Borrell, to submit a proposal for Schröder's inclusion on the EU sanctions list.

If this is then accepted, Schröder's existing assets in the EU could be frozen.

Gerhard Schröder: SPD leadership demands exit from the party

Schröder was Chancellor from 1998 to 2005.

He then took on tasks for the pipeline company Nord Stream, Russia's Gazprom and the energy company Rosneft, among others.

Because he did not distance himself from this after the start of the Russian war against Ukraine, the SPD leadership asked him to leave the party.

There are also motions for expulsion from the party.

The traffic light coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP also wants to cut the 78-year-old's office and employees.

The Budget Committee of the Bundestag probably wanted to vote on Thursday.

The text of the European Parliament now calls on the EU states to "extend the list of people against whom EU sanctions have been imposed to include European board members of large Russian companies and politicians who continue to receive money from Russia “.

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Parliament named former EU heads of government such as Wolfgang Bowl (Austria) and François Fillon (France), who recently resigned from their posts at Russian companies.

They demand "emphatically that other politicians, such as Karin Kneissl and Gerhard Schröder, do the same".

Kneissl is a non-party former foreign minister of Austria and a member of the Rosneft supervisory board.

(dpa)