In the Bundestag: Chancellor Scholz is available to answer questions

Created: 07/06/2022 11:34 am

By: Lukas Zigo

Chancellor Scholz has taken part in numerous international rounds of negotiations in recent weeks.

Now he will discuss what was discussed in a cabinet meeting.

Berlin – Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has traveled from negotiation round to negotiation round in the past few days.

What exactly was discussed and decided during these negotiations will be discussed in the Bundestag on Wednesday (06 July 2022).

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) looks serious at a press conference on the second and final day of a NATO summit in Madrid.

© Manu Fernandez/dpa

The cabinet meeting will begin in the morning, after which the chancellor will start with a report on a current topic.

Afterwards, the MPs can ask the Chancellor questions.

Approximately one hour is allotted for the survey.

NATO accession: Sweden and Finland carry out a paradigm shift

Before that happens, however, the first reading of the ratification law for the NATO accession of Finland and Sweden is on the agenda of the plenary session.

Finally, on Friday, the Bundestag will vote on the admission of the two Nordic EU countries to the European defense alliance.

The Federal Council should also make a decision on this matter on the same day.

The historically neutral countries of Finland and Sweden broke with their traditional military neutrality due to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and, by applying for NATO membership, carried out a lasting paradigm shift in their defense policy.

Above all, Finland's entry is not only a political defeat for Moscow, but also severely reduces the country's nuclear capabilities.

Most of Russia's nuclear missiles are stationed along the border with Finland, connected north to south by just one road.

(lz)