Olaf Scholz attributes Germany's ruling coalition's popularity dip to Ukraine support
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz believes that the government's support for Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on Russia may have contributed to a decline in the ruling coalition's popularity in Germany, the German news service Tagesschau reported on June 23.
"This is reflected in the election results, but I think there is no alternative to change this now," Scholz said.
Russia's aggression against Ukraine was a "violation of the agreement not to change borders by force, which has been in place for decades."
In the recent European Parliament elections, Scholz's Social Democratic Party came in third with 14% of the vote, while the pro-Russian Alternative for Germany party came in second with 15.9%. The opposition Conservative Christian Democratic Union secured first place, receiving 29.5% of the vote.
On June 10, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised to build a "broad majority for a strong Europe" with pro-European and pro-Ukrainian parties in the European Parliament.
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