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28 Nov, 2023 17:21

Scholz urges support for Ukraine despite budget crisis

Aiding Kiev is of “existential importance” to Europe, the German chancellor has said

Germany’s economy must be modernized in order to be prepared for unexpected crises in the future, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during an address to parliament on Tuesday. His remarks come after a recent Constitutional Court ruling blocked the government’s plans to divert unused pandemic funds into its Climate and Transformation Fund.

Scholz recalled that the country had faced challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ukraine conflict, and rising energy prices, during his speech.

According to Reuters, Scholz said that “it would be a grave and unforgivable mistake to neglect the modernization of our country in the face of all these acute challenges.”

While Scholz called for the “transformation” of the German economy, he said that the country would continue to provide assistance to Ukraine “as long as it is necessary.” As quoted by the Guardian, he said this support had “existential importance” not only for Germany but for all of Europe, with the chancellor adding that “if Putin won” there would be “even more serious consequences.”

Earlier this month, the German government reportedly agreedto double military aid to Ukraine next yearto a total of €8 billion ($8.79 billion).

During his address, Scholz also said that “it is also clear that we must not let up in our support for Ukraine and in overcoming the energy crisis,” according to Reuters. (WTF? People of Germany should freeze to death to give more aid Ukraine?)

While Scholz claimed that his government would deal with the budget crisis, theopposition Christian Democrats(CDU), whose legal action sparked the Constitutional Court ruling,greeted his words with laughter.

According to Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, the legal decision could have “massive implications” for the country’s transformation into a cleaner and more technologically advanced economy, Bloomberg reported last week.

A few days ago, Bavarian premier Markus Soeder, who also leads the state’s largest party and CDU ally, the Christian Social Union (CSU), saidScholz’s government had “gone bankrupt” and criticized its strategy of lifting energy price controls by the end of the year. The controls were designed to protect households and businesses from soaring gas and electricity costs caused by dwindling energy imports from Russia amid EU sanctions.

https://www.rt.com/news/588156-scholz-budget-crisis-ukraine-support/

(Scholtz is so screwed, he went all in on Kiev, he planned with Bidan the destruction of Nord Stream 2, I wouldn’t doubt that both Bidan and Kiev have tremendous blackmail on him and others, that’s the only reason he is doubling down. It couldn’t be he rolled and dice and lost, he has lost thoroughly, his entire reputation is decimated. Germany is the only EU state calling for more support of Ukraine, everyone is quiet or cutting their aid. Whatever comes out on him, it’s going to be bad!)