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Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has launched a legal bid to get back funding for his office and staff. The privileges were withdrawn in May by the Bundestag’s budget committee, his lawyers told broadcaster NDR on Friday.

Since the launch of Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine, Schroeder has been fiercely criticized for his work with Russia. His perceived close relationship to Moscow, however, was not mentioned by the budget committee when it passed the motion to strip him of some privileges. Officially, the new rule, which can be applied to other former chancellors, states that funding will be based “on the ongoing obligations from the office” rather than on the status of the recipient. Schroeder’s lawyers filed a lawsuit on Thursday with the Berlin Administrative Court arguing that “the decision to deprive former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of his staffing is contrary to the rule of law.”

In an interview with NDR, one of the legal team stressed that Schroeder was not even given a chance to present his arguments to the committee or to talk to its chairman Helge Braun. This represents “a clear violation of human dignity,” the lawyer said.

In a statement, sent to the DPA news agency, the legal team further explained that the Bundestag committee had claimed that Schroeder no longer takes care of the so-called “after-effects of official duties.”

“However, it is not specified what ‘after-effects of official duties’ actually are, how their perception or non-perception is to be determined and what procedure is to be followed,” the statement read.

Such decisions are reminiscent of an “absolutist princely state” and should not take place in a democratic country, the lawyers emphasized.

Last year, Schroeder’s office and travel expenses amounted to more than €400,000 ($412,000). The 78-year-old continues to receive a pension of €8,300 as well as personal security protection.

Earlier this week, Schroeder, who was chancellor from 1998 to 2005, scored an important victory: The Hanover arbitration commission of the Social Democratic party ruled that his work with Russian state-owned companies had not violated its charter, and he avoided expulsion from the party. However, Lower Saxony's SPD leader Stephan Weil told media that while the commission’s decision should be respected, it does not change the party’s stance.

“For us it is clear: Gerhard Schroder is politically isolated with his positions in the SPD,” Weil claimed.

Amid pressure over his ties with Russia, Schroeder stepped down from his position on the board of Russian oil giant Rosneft and declined a nomination for a position on Gazprom’s board.

However, last month the former chancellor made it clear that he would still use every opportunity to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin as the “diplomatic solution,” in his opinion, is the only way to end the Ukrainian conflict.

 

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https://www.rt.com/news/560695-schroeder-privileges-bundestag-lawsuit/

 

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seeking PEACE…...

 

BY Karl-Jürgen Müller

 

When the trains rolled to the front in late July, early August 1914, many wagons were labelled. Along with a lot of warmongering, it also read: “We’ll be home for Christmas.”
    In the end, it was more than four years of war, more than 15 million dead soldiers and civilians, and a radically changed Europe and a different world. And barely 20 years later, a second world war with even much greater destruction, more than 60 million dead and a new era in history.
    “Once you unleash war, literally anything can happen.” This statement by the renowned Australian publicist John Pilger (cf. article on page 4) is very thought-provoking – and leads us to ask: Who unleashed the war in Ukraine that everyone has been talking about since 24 February – but which started much earlier? When, how, and for what purpose was it unleashed? There are already some good answers to these two questions. In many articles, this newspaper has also tried to answer these questions. But there are also other questions. Questions pointing to the future. The most important of these is: How and when will this war end, and with what consequences? And following on from that: do we citizens have a chance to contribute to this end?
    The flood of information and above all the flood of opinion and propaganda on the war is enormous. As a citizen with heart and mind, one hopes for one thing above all else every day: for silver linings of peace on the horizon. And, indeed, there are always indications that the hope of an imminent end to the war could be justified. Only to be disappointed again the next day by new reports. Thus, on the one hand, we can also hear in our Western media that the displeasure about the disastrous effects of our own sanctions on the world economy and our own countries is growing from day to day, and voices are also being heard that resolutely deny the possibility of a military “solution” and plead for a negotiated solution – as soon as possible. At the same time, slogans of perseverance until “final victory” can be heard, and again and again the propaganda formula of the evilness of Russia and especially of the country’s President. It should be left open here whether this rollercoaster of emotions is created deliberately – for example, to discourage people from making their own commitment to peace.
    It is realistic to assume that a comprehensive war machine – including everything that goes with it – has been set in motion on both sides of the front and that not only Russia and Ukraine but many states of the world are confronting each other on this front. The talk of a “world war” is not absurd. It is obvious that it is not about good versus evil, freedom and democracy versus dictatorship and tyranny. It is equally unrealistic for citizens to take on to end this war in a big way tomorrow.


    But this realisation does not mean discouragement. The courageous person asks two questions: What does and what does not contribute to peace? And then also: What can I do? What do I want to do?


    What does not contribute to peace is: Falling for war propaganda. Falling for images of the enemy. Participating in the sharp division into good and evil. To beat the drums of war. Arrogance and denial of reality...
   And what does contribute to peace? The classical cardinal virtues are timelessly valid: Courage, prudence, justice, and temperance. Modesty and no big words. Building bridges between people and between nations. Understanding and making things understandable. Searching for the truth. To be enlightened and to enlighten oneself. Educating the future generation to be more peaceable. Being fellow human beings in the here and now. Acknowledging and reflecting on one’s own strengths and weaknesses... And again and again pondering the questions: What does and what does not contribute to peace?

 

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https://www.zeit-fragen.ch/en/archives/2022/nr-16-26-juli-2022/auch-im-krieg-aktiv-am-frieden-arbeiten

 

READ FROM TOP.

 

WHEN ASSESSING THE REALITY OF THE RUSSIAN "INTERVENTION" IN UKRAINE — which was spurred by nearly 20 years of US/NATO manipulations (one has to be deliberately dumb not to see this) — THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO SPLIT THE COUNTRY ALONG THE LINES AGREED IN THE MINKS AGREEMENTS. DUE TO THE REFUSAL BY KIEV TO ACCEPT THESE AGREEMENTS, THIS LINE IS MOVING FURTHER WEST DAILY. DESPITE GETING MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WEAPONS FROM THE EU, THE UK AND THE USA, THE KIEV GOVERNMENT IS LOOSING GROUND (and troops). MEANWHILE, IT CAN BE SAID THAT RUSSIA IS LIMITING ITS INTERVENTION. RUSSIA HAS ENOUGH FIREPOWER TO OBLITERATE UKRAINE ALTOGETHER — BUT THIS IS NOT THE AIM. 

THE DONBASS REGION IS NOW BUT ALL IN THE HANDS OF RUSSIA. ZELENSKY IS A DELUSIONAL SPOILED BRAT. A TRUE STATESPERSON WOULD NEGOTIATE AND AGREE TO A SPLIT OF UKRAINE ALONG THE MAJOR ETHNIC LINE. IRELAND AND THE UK WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS BEFORE WW2. IT IS PAINFUL BUT EVENTUALLY IT IS (and will be) THE ONLY WAY TO PEACE. 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is STILL a far better statesman that clodo stupid US arse-licking Olaf Scholz.....

GL.

 

 

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