Chrupalla praises Schröder's partnership with Russia. He pointed out the birthday on Sunday afternoon on the His life's work will one day be completed.

The construction of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline is viewed retroactively as a mistake by both the governing parties and the opposition Union. This, in turn, strengthened Russia's economy and helped prepare it for the later attack on the entire Ukraine. In 2014, the SPD honored its former Chancellor and former chairman on his 70th birthday with a ceremony in the Berlin Art Museum Hamburger Bahnhof.