Boris Pistorius is surprise pick for role as he has a low profile in Germany and is little known internationally
A veteran but low-profile politician is to be appointed as Germany’s new defence minister, the government has announced, filling the role at a crucial time when the country is under acute pressure to increase its commitment toBoris Pistorius, 62, who has been the interior minister of the northern state of Lower Saxony for the past decade, will face his first major task on Friday when western allies meet at the US military’s Ramstein base in south-westGermany has been extremely cautious so far...
Scholz had come under pressure in particular from within his own party to appoint a woman, to fulfil his pre-election pledge to have male-female parity in his cabinet. The German Armed Forces Association and the Reservist Association urged Scholz to choose the candidate with the “best leadership competence”.
Robert Habeck, the economics minister and deputy chancellor, said the new defence minister’s first and crucial decision would be regarding the issue of tanks for Ukraine. During talks in Davos with Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, Habeck reportedly pledged further German support and help for Ukraine, including the transfer of more weapons. Klitschko wrote on his Telegram account that “positive decisions” had been made at the meeting, and there was “good news coming soon”.
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