Karl Lauterbach calls for Gerhard Schröder to leave the SPD. “As a 'friend' of Putin, he should simply resign from us," wrote Lautersbach.

In it, the former Chancellor made it clear that he is sticking to his friendship with Putin more than two years after the Russian attack against Ukraine. ‘We have worked together sensibly for many years. Maybe that can still help to find a negotiated solution, I don’t see any other solution,’ he said.