Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who actively supports Putin and Russia, was deprived of state funding for the bureau in the Bundestag and employees. Nevertheless, he was left with a pension and personal protection, according to Spiegel..

The ruling coalition submitted a request to the Bundestag Committee on the budget and the expense item for the ex-chancellor was reduced. From now on, Schroeder will not have his own bureau in the Bundestag.

Last year, Schroeder employees and their travel expenses amounted to 419 thousand euros, the cost of renting premises and furnishing them was not taken into account.

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Earlier, the Prime Minister of the federal state of North Rhine - Westphalia Hendrik Wust, who is a member of the opposition Christian Democratic Union, demanded that the leadership of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) begin the procedure for excluding former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder from its membership.

Later, the European Parliament said they wanted to expand the EU sanctions list, including by including former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder..