Bartsch calls for Strack-Zimmermann to resign as head of the Defense Committee. As chairwoman of the defense committee, she is also the FDP candidate for the European elections.

Bartsch says this doesn't work for reasons of "political hygiene" He is a member of the committee himself. The European elections in Germany are on June 9th. The FDP says they are arguing with the top candidate for a “strong and defensive Europe” The Eurofighter is a fighter jet.