Olaf Scholz: Only military aid for Ukraine will get Putin to give in. The Chancellor is taking a different tone than some of his SPD party colleagues.
Right-wing populists are endangering the prosperity of European citizens, he warned. The Europeans must collectively invest more in their own security and defense, he said.. The European Social Democrats appointed the current EU Labor Commissioner Nicolas Schmit as the PES' top candidate for the upcoming European elections on June 9th. The Social Democratic Party of Europe (SPE) wants to take over the leadership of the EU Commission with the Luxembourger and replace Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.