Germany’s Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht resigned on Monday following the controversy sparked in the country by a New Year’s Eve greeting video in which she talked about the war in Ukraine with fireworks and firecrackers in the background.
Lambrecht handed in his letter of resignation to the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, as rumors grew about his possible departure from the government after several members of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) demanded his dismissal.
Several German media reported on Friday that Lambrecht was already considering resigning to settle the scandal. This is not the first controversy in which the German Minister of Defense has been involved, as she was also criticized in the past for taking her son on a military helicopter.
The Defense Ministry has also recently been in the spotlight after the chairwoman of the German Parliament’s defense committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, pressured Scholz to deliver more battle tanks to Ukraine.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
