Germany's Scholz under fire over funding for Ukraine aid package

NAMPA / DPA
2025-01-16
Berlin (dpa) - German opposition lawmakers on Thursday accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz of dirty campaign tactics over his demand for additional borrowing to finance an aid package for Ukraine worth ?3 billion ($3.1 billion). Thorsten Frei, from the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), told dpa that his party is not willing to suspend Germany's strict rules on government spending to fund the package, as Scholz demanded on Wednesday. Frei......
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