German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has backed his Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, who has come under fire in recent days for posting a New Year’s Eve greeting video in which she talked about the war in Ukraine with fireworks and firecrackers in the background.
Lambrecht reviewed in the video, posted on Instagram, the challenges of the past year, and the opposition has gone so far as to call for his resignation on the grounds that he was insensitive. However, a spokesman for Scholz, Wolfgang Büchner, confirmed Thursday that the chancellor «of course» maintains his confidence in the minister.
«The chancellor works well and in a spirit of trust with all cabinet colleagues. And this of course applies to the aforementioned minister,» the spokesman said. Both Lambrecht and Scholz are members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
This is not the first controversy in which the German Minister of Defense has been involved, as she was also criticized for taking her son on a military helicopter.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
