German Chancellor Merz is “shocked” and calls Schröder’s birthday visit to Putin “immoral,” per the government spokesperson today.


> CDU general secretary Hoppermann said “shame is hardly the word.”
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> Kiesewetter called it “betrayal of Europe and of one’s own country.”
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> The lone defender is SPD’s Stegner, who argued Schröder is one of the few Germans with access to Putin and the visit would be a success if it moved peace “even a millimetre.”


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