Writer Martin criticizes Steinmeier on the reception after the autumn of the Berlin Wall | EUROtoday

“He came rushing in to lecture me about his job,” Martin advised the German Press Agency in Berlin. Steinmeier requested him whether or not he loved defaming politicians. When requested, the Federal President’s spokeswoman mentioned that Steinmeier had “controversially but objectively discussed his speech” with Martin on the reception.

In his speech, Martin accused Steinmeier, amongst different issues, of sticking to the Nord Stream 2 pure fuel pipeline undertaking: This was solely “a bridge” within the sense that “it further encouraged Putin in his aggression, namely in his calculation that the Germans, Otherwise, world champions in moralizing would not let the lucrative business slip away, Ukraine or not.”

The author advised the dpa: “We have a Federal President who refuses this debate, the debate about Germany’s shared responsibility for Putin’s aggression.”