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Merz condemns Schröder's Putin visit

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Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder attended Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 74th birthday celebration at his Moscow residence on Wednesday. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he was deeply outraged by the visit, which came amid Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Süddeutsche Zeitung
Birthday Party with Putin: The Complete Moral Bankruptcy of Gerhard Schröder

It is the former chancellor's decision not to bind himself with any obligations from his former office. But the real problem goes much deeper.

Birthday Party with Putin: The Complete Moral Bankruptcy of Gerhard Schröder
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VRT NWS
Former German Chancellor Schröder attended Putin's birthday party: "Completely immoral"

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder attended President Putin's birthday party on Wednesday, the Kremlin said. Russia calls Schröder "an old friend". The current chancellor, Merz, reacts with particular indignation.

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Handelsblatt
Comment: Putin's most useful idiot is Schröder

No Western former politician serves the Kremlin as reliably as the former chancellor. What the Russian president aimed to achieve with this birthday visit.

Comment: Putin's most useful idiot is Schröder
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Süddeutsche Zeitung
Visit to Putin: Schröder Angers His Party—Again

The former chancellor shows up in Moscow for Putin's birthday celebration, and the Kremlin gleefully publicizes it. In Germany, the Social Democrats are despairing at their former party leader.

Visit to Putin: Schröder Angers His Party—Again
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Die Presse
Merz „zutiefst empört“ über Schröders Besuch bei Putin in Moskau

„Putin allein“ sei für den Krieg in der Ukraine verantwortlich und seine Befehle sorgten täglich für „unermessliches Leid, für zivile Opfer, für Familien, die auseinandergerissen werden, für Tote und Verwundete“, sagt der deutsche Kanzler.

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La Repubblica
Germania, Cdu nel caos e Spd sulle barricate dopo il “caso” Sassonia-Anhalt

Tensioni dopo l’elezione di Tobias Rausch, primo presidente di estrema destra dalla fine del nazismo. E il governo Merz continua a vacillare

Germania, Cdu nel caos e Spd sulle barricate dopo il “caso” Sassonia-Anhalt
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Le Monde
Allemagne : après la victoire de l’AfD en Saxe-Anhalt, la CDU et la coalition au pouvoir menacées

Plusieurs élus du parti de Friedrich Merz auraient voté en faveur d’un candidat de l’extrême droite pour la présidence du parlement régional. Les sociaux-démocrates du SPD s’indignent et invoquent le contrat de coalition, qui interdit toute coopération avec l’AfD.

Allemagne : après la victoire de l’AfD en Saxe-Anhalt, la CDU et la coalition au pouvoir menacées
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HotNews
Merz is 'deeply outraged' by what former Chancellor Schroeder did on Putin's birthday: 'It's simply immoral'

The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is 'deeply outraged' by former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's visit to Vladimir Putin's residence to celebrate the Russian president's birthday this week, a government spokesman said on Friday. The reaction came after Schroeder celebrated Putin's birthday in Moscow, and the Kremlin ...

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Süddeutsche Zeitung
Visit to Putin: Schröder Angers His Party—Again

The former chancellor shows up in Moscow for Putin's birthday celebration, and the Kremlin gleefully publicizes it. In Germany, the Social Democrats are despairing at their former party leader.

Visit to Putin: Schröder Angers His Party—Again
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Handelsblatt
Bundespolitik: Prien fordert Parteiausschluss für CDU-Politiker, die in Sachsen-Anhalt mit AfD stimmen

Merz „zutiefst empört“ über Schröder bei Putin +++ Reiche: Anreiz zum Einlagern von Gas vom Markt her nicht gegeben +++ SPD beendet Initiative für überparteiliche Regierung +++ Der Newsblog.

Bundespolitik: Prien fordert Parteiausschluss für CDU-Politiker, die in Sachsen-Anhalt mit AfD stimmen
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To Vima
Outrage in Germany over Schröder - his visit to a Russian supermarket and Putin's birthday

The former German chancellor continues his contacts with Russia, taking a seat on the Hyperglobus supervisory board and meeting Putin at his residence on the occasion of his birthday.

Outrage in Germany over Schröder - his visit to a Russian supermarket and Putin's birthday
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Handelsblatt
Geburtstagsfeier: Merz „zutiefst empört“ über Schröder bei Putin

Ein Ex-Kanzler feiert mit Putin Geburtstag, während Drohnen und Raketen in ukrainischen Städten einschlagen. Kanzler Merz verurteilt das Verhalten seines Vorgängers mit deutlichen Worten.

Geburtstagsfeier: Merz „zutiefst empört“ über Schröder bei Putin
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Kathimerini
On Putin's birthday, Gerhard Schroeder – Merz called it immoral

The former German chancellor attended the Russian president's 74th birthday celebration.

On Putin's birthday, Gerhard Schroeder – Merz called it immoral
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HotNews
Schröder celebrates Putin's birthday in Moscow: 'The president invited his old friend to his home'

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder attended the celebration of the 74th birthday of Russian President Vladimir Putin at his residence, Kremlin announced on Thursday, according to Reuters. Photos posted on Telegram show Schroeder and Putin smiling broadly and shaking hands, with a vintage fireplace and a Russian samovar in the background, used ...

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