German news agency dpa reports that former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who has faced heavy criticism in recent years for his ties with Russia, is receiving treatment in a hospital for burnout. The 80-year-old Schröder led Germany from 1998 to 2005.
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Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder attends an ecumenical service on occasion of the celebration of the German reunification in the St. Michaelis church in Hamburg, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. The 80-year-old Schröder led Germany from 1998 to 2005. He was the leader of current Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democratic Party from 1999 to 2004.
But his involvement with Russian state-owned energy companies and his reluctance after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine to distance himself wholeheartedly from Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom he has long had a friendly relationship, estranged him from the German political establishment.
On Tuesday, dpa cited a doctor’s assessment that Schröder is “suffering from severe burnout syndrome with the typical signs of profound exhaustion and a pronounced lack of energy.” It reported that Schröder’s lawyer, Hans-Peter Huber, said he had gone into clinical treatment on the advice of the doctor.
Schröder was supposed to be questioned last month by a parliamentary commission of inquiry in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania into the construction of thegas pipeline from Russia to Germany, whose board of directors he headed. But he didn’t appear because of illness.Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Canada and Mexico after they pledge to boost border enforcement
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