A series of difficult tasks await her successor.
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Berlin Federal Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has asked Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) to be dismissed. The reason given by the SPD politician was a “month-long media focus” on her person, which hardly allowed factual reporting and discussion of the Bundeswehr and its tasks.
Deputy government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann said on Monday that Scholz would make a proposal to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier “soon” for the successor at the head of the defense department. It is still important to the chancellor that the cabinet is made up of equal numbers of women and men.
A whole series of difficult tasks await the new woman or man at the helm of the Department of Defense:
Main Battle Tank Decision
The federal government is expected to make a quick decision on how it positions itself on the question of supplying main battle tanks to Ukraine. Great Britain has already announced that it will provide Challenger 2 tanks, Poland will supply Leopard 2 tanks.
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