NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said he considered the sometimes harsh criticism of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to be unjustified, news wire DPA reported.
Olaf Scholz has lost a vote of confidence in his leadership and Germany now faces its first election of the truly post-Angela Merkel era.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a confidence vote in the German parliament, putting the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in February.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must stop his "unfair" criticism of the German chancellor, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said. "I have often told Zelenskyy that he should stop criticizing Olaf Scholz, because I think it is unfair," Rutte told the German news agency DPA in an interview published on Monday.
Germany is expected to hold a snap election in February next year. Political turmoil at the heart of Europe is also taking place in France.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had hoped for this outcome when he called for the confidence vote, analysts say. His aim: to win fresh elections in February and come back with a stronger mandate.
Polls suggest that a February election will result in a rightward shift, at a moment when Europe’s largest economy is faltering.
Europe’s largest economy and normally a pillar of stability is facing snap elections next year after Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence.
Olaf Scholz is out, but it is unclear if that is enough to save Germany's economic position. Business needs to reinvent itself to catchup with China and the USA.
BERLIN: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said he considered the sometimes harsh criticism of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to be unjustified, news wire DPA reported.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reiterated that he wants to continue talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone, despite the criticism from Kiev and other Western leaders. "I have spoken to the Russian president and I will speak to him again,