Scholz outraged by “indecent” opposition claims of his meeting with Putin
Pravda Ukraine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democratic Party (SPD) colleagues have criticised as false the statements by Roderich Kiesewetter, a politician from the opposition CDU party, alleging Scholz’s intent to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin before 23 February.
Source: Scholz in a comment to journalists during an event at the SPD headquarters in Berlin; statements from SPD members, reported by European Pravda citing Spiegel and ZDF.
Details: Scholz dismissed Kiesewetter’s assertion that he planned to visit Moscow or meet Putin before Germany’s early parliamentary elections on 23 February as untrue.
Quote from Scholz: “One cannot do something like this [spreading such statements – ed.]. It is extremely indecent.”
More details: Scholz added that there is no evidence to support Kiesewetter’s claim, which he described as baseless, saying, “Honest people can be outraged” by such remarks.
The SPD has demanded that Kiesewetter apologize for his statement.
SPD Secretary General Matthias Miersch, during the presentation of the party’s political program in Berlin, urged Carsten Linnemann, Kiesewetter’s CDU counterpart, to ensure the claim is immediately retracted and an apology issued.
Miersch further criticised Kiesewetter’s remarks as a “clear violation” of the fair elections agreement signed before Christmas by all Bundestag-represented parties, except for the far-right and far-left factions.
Rolf Mützenich, the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, accused the conservatives of using “fabricated allegations” to undermine Scholz’s “prudent foreign policy”.
Quote from Mützenich: “As the leader of the parliamentary faction, Friedrich Merz must immediately ensure that Kiesewetter retracts his false statements and publicly apologises to the Federal Chancellor.”
Background:
- On 2 January, Kiesewetter, a CDU security policy spokesperson, claimed signs of Scholz preparing for a meeting with Putin before the elections and suggested an alleged meeting between Trump and Putin in March 2025. Kiesewetter did not provide evidence for these claims.
- In November 2024, it was reported that Scholz had spoken to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin for the first time in two years.
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