Russia’s war on Ukraine has challenged Europe’s political leaders to come together and defend democracy and liberty. Another task has been to design a proper response to the aggression, both politically and economically.
In his DLD Munich talk Wolfgang Schmidt, Head of the Federal Chancellery and German Federal Minister for Special Tasks, explains how the German federal government has tackled this challenge – one year after Chancellor Olaf Scholz proclaimed a Zeitenwende, coining a phrase that was widely interpreted as a watershed moment for German foreign policy.
