“The Chancellor of Germany is ready to send an additional 3 billion euros to Ukraine.”, — write: www.unian.ua
The Chancellor of Germany is ready to send an additional 3 billion euros to Ukraine.
Scholz responded to accusations about neglecting Ukraine for the sake of political survival / UNIAN photoGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected accusations that he is ignoring Ukraine as he tries to win the support of his SPD allies ahead of next month’s early Bundestag elections. This is reported by Bloomberg.Speaking to reporters in Berlin, Scholz said he was ready to send an additional 3 billion euros to Ukraine on the condition that the funds would be obtained through “net new borrowing” and not through budget cuts.
“This is the way that almost all the countries around us have gone. … Some people think we should finance it by cutting pensions, cutting transfers to local authorities, investing less in roads and railways, giving less support to the economy,” the chancellor said. .
He added that the “either-or” approach is wrong, and this is the main reason why I decided last November to shut down the government.” Now, according to Scholtz, voters will have to decide how to finance further support for Ukraine.
Elections to the Bundestag and German aid to UkraineAs UNIAN reported, German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock warned of problems for Germany due to the reduction of aid to Ukraine. According to her, military support for Ukraine is the best defense of our security in Europe and the security of Germany.
We also wrote that Scholz’s party slightly improved its position on the eve of the Bundestag elections. At the same time, the leader of the race remains the center-right CDU/CSU alliance headed by Friedrich Mertz.
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