Minister Lambrecht about to resign?
Söder puts pressure on and warns Scholz
Created: 01/15/2023 09:29
The Union has already asked Chancellor Scholz to clarify the Lambrecht case.
Now CSU boss Söder confirms that again.
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According to media reports, the SPD politician herself has decided to resign.
Speculations about possible Lambrecht successors are already running high
.
Now CSU boss Markus Söder joins the debate.
Christine Lambrecht (SPD), Federal Minister of Defence, is said to be about to resign.
Chancellor Scholz would then be the focus.
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"A possible successor must be clarified immediately," said the Bavarian Prime Minister of the
picture on Sunday (BamS)
on the case of Christine Lambrecht.
There shouldn't be any slack.
"And this time, competence must come before internal party proportional representation."
Lambrecht's resignation?
Scholz "overhears" journalists' questions
So far there has been no official confirmation of Lambrecht's withdrawal.
Questions from journalists were studiously ignored by Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) on Saturday (January 14) at the opening of a liquid gas terminal in Lubmin on the Baltic Sea.
Lambrecht has been criticized for months, the opposition Union had repeatedly asked for her resignation.
Critics accuse the minister of slow procurement for the Bundeswehr or a lack of expertise, but her public appearance was also repeatedly criticized.
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A photo of her son traveling in a Bundeswehr helicopter made negative headlines.
Most recently, a New Year's message spread on Instagram, in which she spoke about the Ukraine war accompanied by New Year's Eve fireworks, caused irritation.
(dpa/frs)