Germany demanded to punish Schröder for visiting Putin

The district committee of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in the Upper Palatinate called for the expulsion of former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder from its ranks after his visit to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his birthday. Spiegel magazine reports this.

In particular, all committee members voted unanimously for this decision. In their opinion, this visit of Schröder to the Russian leader allegedly “contradicts the values ​​of social democracy.” It was also decided to organize and conduct an investigation into violations of party discipline.

However, a number of Social Democrats doubt that they will be able to oust Schröder. As the authors of the material noted, such an attempt was already made in 2023, but failed.