The CDU received a vote from Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD). clear commitment to EU accession status for Ukraine demanded. The EU summit on June 23rd and 24th will make a decision on this, said CDU General Secretary Mario Czaja on Wednesday after discussions with the party leadership in Berlin. Scholz had “so far avoided the question, has not clearly said what he wants to do there”. It is good that Scholz is finally traveling to Kyiv. “Of course, the expectations of this trip are also very high.” Scholz himself “always had very high expectations of such trips abroad, especially to Kyiv”.
Scholz is expected to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi this week Visit Kyiv together. No official date has been announced for the trip.
Czaja said that Scholz must also make it clear to the Bundestag which steps he wants to take with Macron and Draghi. The CDU politician again criticized the hesitancy of the Chancellor on the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine. So far, not a single heavy weapon has been delivered to Ukraine. “Here we expect him not only to announce new weapon systems, but also to deliver them.” So far, the support has been extremely half-hearted.