The Chancellor spoke of “incomprehensible” and “irritating” positions, referring to yesterday’s speech by the US Vice President of Security.
His opponent spoke of a “almost intervention” appearance and a “annoying way” of dealing with Europeans and especially the Germans.
In a post on the “X” platform, Mr Salts wrote that he explicitly rejects what Mr Vance said, stressing that, “because of their experience with national socialism, democratic parties have a consensus and this is the firewall against of far -right parties. “
In an interview with German radio, the Chancellor described the appearance of the American vice president as “incomprehensible”: “I cannot understand. What has been said is irritating and cannot simply be commented on and degraded. “
For his part, the leader of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and a candidate for Chancellor Friedrich Mertz, who had a meeting with Jay Di Vance in Munich yesterday, talked about a “almost intervention” speech and a “annoying way to deal with Europeans , especially us Germans. “
In an interview with RTL/N-TV television stations, Mr Mertz also said: “We have a different view and made it clear to Mr Vans during our conversation.”
What did he say about NATO
In a new post, the German Chancellor was also placed on the issue of defense spending, proposing to be excluded from the EU Stability Pact.
To ensure living in peace as Europeans in the future we need to continue growing our defence expenditures.
To this end, I propose an exception in the EU’s Stability Pact – for all investments in defense equipment that exceed the previous NATO’s 2% guideline.
– Chancellor Olaf Scholz (@Bundeskanzler)
“In order to secure our peaceful coexistence as Europeans in the future, we must continue to increase our defense spending.
To this end, I propose an exception to the EU stability pact – for all defense equipment investments exceeding the previous 2% guideline of NATO, “Olf Saltz told the X platform.
Source: RES – EIA
