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Fact check: Scholz did not call for German state of emergency over Russia-US peace talks
euronews (in English)
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19/02/2025
Misleading claims targeting the German chancellor have been spreading online days before German voters head to the polls to elect a new government.
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No, Olaf Scholz has not called for a state of emergency in Germany over the situation
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in Ukraine.
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Donald Trump's efforts to kick off peace talks with Russia without Ukrainians or Europeans
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at the table have astonished leaders across the continent.
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But some reactions have been taken out of context online.
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These social media users have misleadingly claimed that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
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has called for a state of emergency in Germany due to US efforts to negotiate with Russia
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without consulting with Europe.
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But his words have been manipulated and taken out of context.
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This is what he did say.
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Scholz refers to notlage, which means emergency.
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But social media users have misleadingly suggested he was referring to a state of emergency or
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notstand, which the government can introduce in times of crisis and which can severely
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curtail citizens' rights.
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Scholz also references an article in the German Basic Law that allows exceptions to the country's
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so-called debt break in exceptional emergency situations.
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The Christian Democrat Friedrich Merz, tipped to become the next German Chancellor, has
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said he's also open to triggering this exception to boost defence spending given the ongoing
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war in Ukraine.
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While Scholz has clearly expressed alarm at Trump's overtures to Russia, rejecting a peace
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dictated on Ukraine, he has not indicated this could lead to a state of emergency in
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Germany.
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