Et par klip og de spørgsmål, der melder sig

Mr. Schröder scoffed at the notion of now distancing himself personally from Mr. Putin, 69, whom he considers a friend and sees regularly, most recently last month in an informal effort to help end the Ukraine war.

Mr. Schröder refuses to resign from his board seats on Russian energy companies, despite calls to do so from across the political spectrum, not least from Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a fellow Social Democrat, who worked closely with Mr. Schröder when he was chancellor.

Distancing himself now, Mr. Schröder said, would lose him the trust of the one man who can end the war: Mr. Putin. Even so, after all of his years of close relations with Mr. Putin, he walked away with nothing during his one brief interlude trying to mediate in the Ukraine conflict.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/23/world/europe/schroder-germany-russia-gas-ukraine-war-energy.html

Det er ikke sikkert at man kan bruge ovenstående link uden abonnement.

Og så et klip fra DW:

The trip was not coordinated with the German government, which is headed by Schröder’s party, the center-left Social Democrats (SPD). SPD co-leader Lars Klingbeil said he had received no information on such a trip, but said that in his view any attempt to stop the war was good.

https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-gerhard-schr%C3%B6der-meets-with-vladimir-putin-over-ukraine-reports/a-61093927

Deutsche Welle (DW) is Germany’s international broadcaster …

Og – forhåbentlig meget neutrale – Wikipedia om Schöder:

During a heated dispute between Russia and Estonia in May 2007 over the removal of a Soviet-era war memorial from the centre of the Estonian capital Tallinn to a military cemetery, […]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Schr%C3%B6der#Criticism_and_controversies

Første spørgsmål: Troede Schröder at det nyttede at besøge Putin i Marts måned (1.citat)?

Andet spørgsmål: Nytter det at have Putin’s tillid? (en mand, der lyver om sine aktiviteter?) Underforstået: Burde Schröder have taget afstand fra Putin?

Tredie spørgsmål: Kan man se noget om Schröders mentalitet ud fra historierne omkring ham tidligere, fx. Estonia War Memorial historien? Nikkedukke for Putin?

Fjerde spørgsmål: Hvordan kan det være at der er så langt imellem Schröder og det nuværende Socialdemokrati – eller sagt på en anden måde, hvordan kan en mand blive leder af Tyskland uden at have forståelse for faren ved despoter og autokrati?

Schröder’s kone anlægger sag pga den nedgørende overskrift herover

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