Statements by Scholz – the former head of the German Ministry of Finance wanted to help Ukraine at the expense of German pensioners – UNIAN
According to the German Chancellor, it was a question of financing by cutting pensions and withdrawing money from local communities.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, on air on the ARD television channel, accused the country's ex-Minister of Finance Christian Lindner of wanting to help Ukraine at the expense of German pensioners.
According to the head of the German government, Lindner allegedly wanted to allocate funds for Kyiv from the pockets of citizens of retirement age.
“There are not many other countries that can afford to send more than 12 billion euros to support another country at war. … We tried this several times. But now we have reached a point where, according to the plans of the ex-finance minister, the speech talked about financing by cutting pensions…
