Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) has defended Germany's commitment to Ukraine as "level-headed and wise".

"We do a lot to stand by Ukraine," she said at the FAZ congress on Friday.

So far, Germany has done no less than other European countries.

This applies both to the sanctions and to arms deliveries, said Faeser in an interview with Reinhard Müller, the editor responsible for current affairs, state and law and the FAZ objection.

Marlene Grunert

Editor in Politics.

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The federal government does not act alone, but always together with the European and G-7 partners.

You have to keep an extremely difficult balance, said the Federal Minister of the Interior.

On the one hand, Ukraine must be supported as much as possible, on the other hand, Germany must not be involved in acts of war.

Proceed "prudently and in cooperation with foreign partners".

In Frankfurt, Faeser criticized some of the current debates about German Ukraine policy.

The war has returned to Europe in a way that was never thought possible.

According to Faeser, the tone of some discussions is not appropriate to this situation, "I would like to make that very clear."

When asked what measures the federal government was planning in view of a possible further Russian escalation, the Federal Minister of the Interior referred to new sanctions and an oil embargo.

However, according to Faeser, one must always proceed “in a level-headed manner and in cooperation with foreign partners”.

Stability in one's own country should not be lost sight of either;

This applies, for example, to the energy supply.

When asked about former chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD), the interior minister repeated her demand that Schröder resign from his positions in the Russian state-owned companies.

How he behaves "doesn't work at all."

The coalition agreement signed months before the start of the war could seem like a waste of time today – an impression that Faeser tried to dispel in Frankfurt.

The values ​​of the traffic light government would continue to exist, they were the values ​​of a "progressive coalition".

It is the task of the SPD, in particular, to “take along” society in the forthcoming transformations.

When asked that both coalition partners were at least better off in terms of communication on the current major issues - the FDP with regard to the pandemic, the Greens with regard to the war - Faeser said: The SPD had always been a guarantor of internal and external security.

That is more important than the ability to sell yourself well.

At the same time, the Federal Minister of the Interior admitted: "We have room for improvement there."