Canada, 21 to 23 August 2022: One particular focus of the visit was cooperation in the climate and energy sector. “Canada has similar rich mineral resources to those of Russia – with the difference that it is a reliable democracy. This opens up new fields of cooperation,” said Scholz.
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The two countries signed a declaration of intent on a German-Canadian hydrogen partnership, by which Canada has agreed to start exporting green hydrogen to Germany in 2025.
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Berlin, 24 August 2022: In order to secure the energy supply in the short and medium term, the Cabinet approved further energy-saving measures at its meeting on Wednesday. Among other things, less office space is to be heated, while buildings, monuments and advertising installations are no longer to be illuminated at certain times.
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Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the military training area Putlos during a demonstration carried out as part of the training of Ukrainian armed forces.
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Skills are taught and hands-on experience is provided within a period of just a few weeks which would take several months under normal circumstances. 15 Gepard tanks have been handed over to the Ukrainian army to date.
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Federal Chancellor Scholz also thanked the trainers from Kraus Maffei Wegmann who demonstrate a high level of commitment and professionalism in enabling the Ukrainian soldiers to operate the very complex Gepard weapon system.
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By the end of the decade, 80 percent of German electricity is to be produced from renewable sources. "That’s why what is being created here is a vital contribution to the future of our country,” said the Federal Chancellor in Cuxhaven during a visit to a production facility belonging to wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa.
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At the production facility, Scholz said he was “very impressed with this great technological innovation”. “The future of Germany will be an industrial future – but with a difference: good for the environment, and based on inspiring technology.”
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The Chancellor’s journey continued to Magdeburg where he visited the STIMULATE research campus at Otto von Guericke University to find out about the progress being made in research there. STIMULATE is an institution based on a private-public partnership that seeks ways of tackling disease in an ageing society.
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STIMULATE has set itself the goal of developing new patient-friendly, high-quality and specifically needed diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for tackling diseases that are highly relevant to society.
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On Thursday evening, Olaf Scholz answered questions put to him by some 150 citizens at the second Chancellor Dialogue held at the Mark Fortress in Magdeburg.
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