Berlin, 21 March 2022: The executive committee of the German Ethics Board visited Federal Chancellor Scholz on Monday for a discussion.
The committee provides recommendations for political and legislative action, as was the case most recently in the Coronavirus pandemic.
Grünheide, 22 March 2022: On Tuesday, the Federal Chancellor visited the district of Oder-Spree together with Dietmar Woidke, the state premier of Brandenburg. Company founder Elon Musk was also present at the opening of the Tesla factory.
The new industrial hub “is a sign that we must back the progress connected with new technologies, because this will create new jobs for us,” as the Federal Chancellor said in his speech.
Back in Berlin, Scholz had a conversation with the European Space Agency. Astronaut Matthias Maurer participated virtually from the ISS space station. Topics included the role and prospects of space in relation to earth observation, international security and manned missions.
Afterwards, the Federal Chancellor spoke with Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament. The two wanted to coordinate their efforts before the European Council meeting on Thursday and Friday.
Berlin, 23 March 2022: At the general debate on the Federal budget on Wednesday, the Federal Chancellor talked mainly about the war in Ukraine and its consequences.
Among all the horror, the crisis showed how much good was present in our country and “what we can achieve together,” said Scholz. "We are witnessing a sense of solidarity throughout our country,” the Federal Chancellor said: “Millions of people are donating, attending peace rallies, and helping Ukrainian refugees. That encourages me.”
Brussels, 24 March 2022: The Federal Chancellor had two busy days including three summit meetings to discuss the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine.
First came the NATO extraordinary summit. In their joint summit declaration, the 30 heads of state and government stressed their full solidarity with Ukraine. They reaffirmed that they would continue to expand financial and military support for Ukraine.
As the current holder of the Presidency, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz had issued invitations to the G7 summit. US President Joe Biden and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had also arrived in Brussels.
“Our conversation showed that, in this difficult situation, we are more united than ever before and are working decisively together,” said the Federal Chancellor after the meeting, which was also attended virtually by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
After that, the discussions continued at the EU level. The EU heads of state and government discussed the consequences of Russian aggression – for defence policy, energy prices and supply security.
Joe Biden was the first US President to participate personally in a regular EU summit. Biden announced that the USA wanted to supply additional liquid gas to Europe in order to replace Russian gas imports.