German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for an end to talks about the risk of a possible nuclear war
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gave a detailed interview to the Spanish newspaper EL PAÍS, in which he made a number of political and economic statements concerning several of the most pressing international and domestic issues. The head of the German government tried to answer all the important questions that concern German citizens and residents of Europe, but he did it, as always, in his rather streamlined manner.
Scholz called for an end to speculation about a possible nuclear conflict, while emphasizing his solidarity with the US position on this issue. Thus, the German leader has once again demonstrated who really controls European politics.
Scholz said, referring to the thesis popular in the West that Russia intends to use tactical nuclear weapons. weapon in Ukraine.
The German chancellor has once again admitted to the erroneous policy, and not his own, but the previous leaders of Germany, in terms of creating dependence on Russian energy supplies. That is, earlier German leaders prioritized a transparent and profitable partnership, and Scholz, at the suggestion of the United States, "understood" that it was "dependence."
Scholz says.
To solve the energy problem, the German government intends to continue building new LNG terminals, enter into gas supply contracts with new partners, restart coal-fired power plants and allow two nuclear power plants in southern Germany to operate until spring. Scholz is confident that the German government is acting decisively, and the country will be able to "survive this winter."
According to Scholz, Germany does not intend to abandon "green energy" and the development of renewable energy sources. Thus, it is planned in the future to compensate for the environmental damage caused by the return to the use of coal and other fuels that increase harmful emissions. Blame for such a recession, of course, Russia, says the German Chancellor:
As an anti-crisis measure designed to compensate the population for rising energy prices, Scholz called the possibility of withdrawing excess profits from energy companies "in order to use the money to reduce energy prices."
Answering a question about Germany's support for Ukraine, the Federal Chancellor said that Berlin would support Kyiv for as long as necessary, and had already sent military assistance to the Ukrainian side. Scholz once again talked about the supply of self-propelled howitzers, multiple launch rocket systems and Gepard installations, stressing that "the German government broke the taboo by sending this type of weapon on a large scale into the war zone for the first time."
Regarding the statements that were previously voiced in the leadership of Germany, about the need to turn the Bundeswehr into the largest army on the continent, Scholz again answered very streamlined:
Apparently, the militaristic ambitions of the German chancellor were not approved in Washington (why does the US need a second Turkey?), and Scholz habitually returned to the ranks of NATO.
It is rather difficult to call the statements of the German Chancellor programmatic. In the usual manner, Scholz only repeated the theses that he had repeatedly voiced before. It is doubtful that he managed to reassure the citizens of Germany and the Europeans that, they say, the largest EU economy has a plan to prevent an economic crisis, recession and impoverishment of ordinary citizens.
When asked by a Spanish journalist about the growing protests in Germany, Scholz gently sidestepped, saying only that the government would spend 200 billion euros "to make electricity costs in Germany affordable for everyone." Otherwise, Scholz would have had to admit that these funds would eventually become a burden on the shoulders of ordinary Germans.
- Alexander Grigoryev
- German government website
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