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Ex-Prime Minister Esko Aho: How Finland's Schröder broke away from Putin: Former Chancellor Schröder and former Finnish Prime Minister Aho have a lot in common ...
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SPD local association: appeal against Schröder decision: The SPD local association from Leutenbach in Baden-Württemberg does not want to accept the decision of a ...
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Gerhard Schröder remains in SPD proceedings without a party penalty: Even in the appeal, the SPD sees no violation of the party order in the proximity of the ...
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Paid articlePaywallSPD local association announces appeal against Schröder's acquittal: In the SPD, it remains uncomfortable for former Chancellor Schröder. A local association in ...
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Former chancellor: SPD local association appeals against Schröder decision: People's Bach/Hanover - The SPD local association from Leutenbach in ...
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"See central points differently": SPD local association wants to appeal against Schröder verdict
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Former Chancellor's Russian connections: SPD local association announces appeal against Schröder acquittal
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New SPD proceedings against Schröder initiated: Gerhard Schröder is once again facing trouble within his own party. Most recently, the former chancellor's ...
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Key FactsNew SPD Disciplinary Requests Against Schröder
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- The SPD sub-district of Hanover Region has jurisdiction because of Schröder’s residence; Matterne did not identify the applicants under party arbitration rules.
- Seventeen SPD bodies initiated an earlier proceeding; in summer 2022, the first instance found no breach of party rules.
- Seven SPD bodies appealed unsuccessfully; in 2023, the district commission rejected sanctions requests and the federal commission deemed appeals inadmissible.
- In early October 2026, Schröder’s visit to Putin drew renewed SPD criticism; the Kremlin said he was with Putin for his 74th birthday in Moscow.
Putin proposal for talks with Kyiv: Ukrainian Ambassador Makeyev strictly rejects Schröder's role as mediator
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Gerhard Schröder: Estonia's Foreign Minister finds statements "appalling": Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has weighed in with proposals on how to deal ...
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Gerhard Schröder and the suspicion of document theft: Gerhard Schröder apparently had files from the Chancellor's Office moved to the Ebert Foundation - | ...
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Savings bank stops Putin money going to Nord Stream lobbyist Gerhard Schröder - | EU wants to go even further
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Key FactsBank Halts Schröder's Nord Stream Payments
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- Gerhard Schröder received biannual payments of 200,000 euros from Russia until mid-2024 for his Nord Stream efforts.
- Sparkasse Hannover stopped transferring the funds, returning them to Gazprombank in Luxembourg due to sanction fears.
- Schröder continues to defend the Baltic pipeline as a cleaner, transitional energy source for Germany.
- The EU aims to ban Nord Stream operations and reduce the Russian oil price cap to $45 per barrel.
Since renewable energies are still not reliably available around the clock and throughout the year, and electricity should not be produced in nuclear power plants, I am in favor of natural gas, and a pipeline is more environmentally friendly than a tanker powered by heavy oil that brings us LNG gas.— Gerhard Schröder in a letter to the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Dispute over the SPD anniversary of the former chancellor: Hanover's ex-mayor wants to honor Gerhard Schröder
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Controversial former chancellor: Gerhard Schröder praises his SPD - despite all the tensions.
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Gerhard Schröder: SPD local association refuses to honor former chancellor: Gerhard Schröder has now been a member of the SPD for 60 years. Actually ...
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SPD local association appeals against Schröder decision: The Leipzig East/North East SPD branch in Saxony has also appealed against the decision of a party ...
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SPD local association appeals against Schröder decision: The Leipzig East/North East SPD branch in Saxony has also appealed against the decision of a party ...
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Controversial former chancellor - After the decision for Schröder, there was little resistance from the Southwest SPD
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Thilo Sarrazin criticizes SPD for Schröder decision: Ex-SPD member Thilo Sarrazin criticizes the party's decision to continue welcoming Gerhard Schröder as a ...
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Debate on Apanage: How to turn the former chancellor into Mr. Schröder?: Office, driver, staff - the Bundestag wants to take away Gerhard Schröder's privileges ...
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Paid articlePaywallRN+ Concerns about the former chancellor and Putin friend: "Gerd needs help": Gerhard Schröder is more isolated than ever. Even old friends are now desperate and ...
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Ukraine war: Esken, Stoch and local associations demand exclusion of former Chancellor Schröder
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SPD in the district of Ludwigsburg: No application for Schröder exclusion: However, district chairman Macit Karaahmetoglu distances himself from the former ...
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Borussia Dortmund withdraws honorary membership from Gerhard Schröder: The BV. Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund revokes Gerhard Schröder's honorary membership with ...
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Employees and business partners separate from Schröder: The pressure on former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is growing. Now his four employees have separated from ...
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Criticism of the former chancellor: "Just shut up" - SPD politicians oppose Gerhard Schröder
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Joint maneuvers: Russia transfers military equipment to Belarus: A military exercise by Russia and Belarus is raising concerns in the West about a Russian attack ...
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