Chancellor Olaf Scholz can hardly be satisfied with the SPD ministers – neither with Karl Lauterbach (3rd from left) nor with Christine Lambrecht (6th from left).
(Photo: imago images/photothek)
Berlin It sounded like a really big number. Shortly before the meeting of EU defense ministers on Monday, Christine Lambrecht (SPD) announced that Germany would provide 5,000 soldiers for the EU’s new rapid reaction force. Only: Nobody in the Bundeswehr knew anything about the announcement to send 5,000 soldiers.
Just an hour and a half later, the Department of Defense backtracked. Minister Lambrecht is offering the EU that “the core” of the rapid reaction force for 2025 can provide the Bundeswehr, the House announced via Twitter.
It wasn’t the first time that the secretary of defense didn’t cut a happy figure. And Lambrecht is not the only SPD minister struggling with problems.
At the time of the grand coalition, the SPD was proud that the top performers in the federal cabinet came from within its ranks. The weak ministers were those of the Union, such as Andreas Scheuer (transport), Peter Altmaier (economy) or Anja Karliczek (research and education).
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