Group leader of the Greens criticizes celebrity letter to Scholz

Group leader of the Greens criticizes celebrity letter to Scholz RP ONLINE - Yesterday at 17:51 Berlin. Britta Haßelmann, leader of the Green Party, has criticized the open letter from several prominent figures warning of a Third World War through arms aid for Ukraine. “Where are there supposed to be “compromises” when Putin attacks a free European country in violation of international law, cities are leveled, civilians are murdered and rape is systematically used as a weapon against women?” said Haßelmann in an interview with the “Stuttgarter Zeitung” and “Stuttgarter News” (Monday). Nobody makes the decision about arms deliveries easy for themselves. It must be debated in politics, parliament and society. But: "No one should presume to be able to make decisions over the heads of the Ukrainians." Celebrities like the feminist Alice Schwarzer and the writer Martin Walser appealed in the letter to Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) not to use heavy weapons deliver. Russian President Vladimir Putin should not be given any reason to extend the war to NATO.