Support for Ukraine should not be increased at expense of other German expenditures - Scholz
Germany cannot increase aid to Ukraine while reducing spending on other needs.
This was stated by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Censor.NET reports citing Ukrayinska Pravda.
"I am against taking it from pensions, I am against doing it by cutting local budgets, I am against investing less money in railways and roads. So you have to finance it additionally," Scholz explained.
At the same time, he noted that there is no majority in parliament that would support suspending Germany's strict borrowing limits, known as the debt brake, to finance aid to Ukraine and other policies.
Scholz's own three-party coalition government collapsed after months of fierce negotiations failed to reach an agreement on the 2025 budget. Early elections are scheduled for February 23.
Earlier, Censor.NET, citing Der Spiegel, wrote that Scholz was blocking a new aid package for Ukraine.
