Overview

• The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern committee has summoned Gerhard Schröder to testify in Schwerin on October 17, pending an official medical evaluation due by August 31.
• Schröder’s lawyer, Hans-Peter Huber, warns that compelling the 81-year-old to appear could severely hinder his recovery from burnout.
• Opposition MPs intend to question the former chancellor about the Climate and Environmental Protection Foundation MV’s involvement in securing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
• The foundation was founded in early 2021 to safeguard the pipeline’s completion under US sanction threats but remains active despite failed efforts to dissolve it after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
• In mid-May Schröder reaffirmed his support for the Baltic Sea pipeline, arguing that Germany’s industry needs secure and affordable energy.