Federal Chancellor
Berlin, 16 May 2022: The G7 heads of state and government are meeting in Elmau in June. On Monday morning, the Federal Chancellor welcomed their personal representatives, who are known as sherpas.
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As “chief negotiators of a government” they are responsible for the preparation of a summit and they supervise the negotiations for drawing up the final communiqué. Germany’s G7 sherpa is Jörg Kukies.
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In the afternoon, President Radev of Bulgaria visited the Chancellery for a discussion.
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The Federal Chancellor makes a point of explaining the government’s actions repeatedly. To this end, he answered questions from citizens and the presenter Pinar Atalay in the evening. Issues discussed included energy costs, consequences of the war and the integration of refugees.
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Berlin, 17 May 2022: On the occasion of the visit of Liechtenstein’s Prime Minister Daniel Risch, Federal Chancellor Scholz stressed that the visit continued a “long tradition of good, close relations of partnership between the two countries”.
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Liechtenstein was an important economic partner for the Federal Republic – above all for investment and as an employer in Southern Germany, the Federal Chancellor emphasised.
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Esbjerg, 18 May 2022: “We must be courageous and start now: offshore wind farms help us to halt man-made climate change and to become more energy-independent.” At the North Sea Summit on Wednesday, the Federal Chancellor advocated for closer collaboration of the states bordering the North Sea to produce more offshore wind power.
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Berlin, 19 May 2022: “War in our immediate neighbourhood is, without doubt, the greatest challenge” that the European Union has had to cope with in the last few years, said Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz in his government statement concerning the upcoming EU Council in the German Bundestag on Thursday.
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“We all share the same goal: Russia must not win this war. Ukraine must survive,” said Scholz. As the largest member state, Germany bears a particular responsibility for the unity of the European Union, he said. In his role as Federal Chancellor he is going to stand up for a European response at the special meeting of heads of state and government.
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At the start of the evening, the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte received the Federal Chancellor at his official residence in The Hague. Once again, their talks focussed on the current situation in Ukraine.
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“We provide financial, humanitarian and also military support to Ukraine. A joint German-Dutch project has recently commenced to train Ukrainian forces in the use of the heavy artillery that our countries are making available to them,” the Federal Chancellor said.
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Berlin, 20 May 2022: Federal Chancellor Scholz spoke at the Youth7 Summit on Friday. Y7 stands for dialogue between the G7 and the young generation.
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Members of the Y7 drew up their own political demands and ideas for solutions to current global challenges and handed these over to the Federal Chancellor. They will be taken into account during the G7 process as the perspective of the young generation.
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In the afternoon, the Federal Chancellor received the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, for talks at the Chancellery.
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