The old chancellor is no longer wanted! Borussia Dortmund kicked out honorary member Gerhard Schröder (77)!
by Christoph Kochheim and Jonas Ortmann
First, the club had asked him to resign his post. Otherwise the club will “make an appropriate decision”. Schröder didn’t even think about resigning, BVB acted.
The reason: Gerhard Schröder has been in the service of warlord Vladimir Putin (69) for years. He is the head of the supervisory board at the oil giant Rosneft, has a top position at Nord Stream and is actually supposed to become a supervisory board member at the Gazprom group.
BVB has now kicked him out because he did not want to resign from these posts.
BVB announced today: “BV. Borussia 09 eV Dortmund revokes Gerhard Schröder’s honorary membership with immediate effect. The president of the association, Dr. Reinhard Rauball the former Federal Chancellor in a personal interview this morning. The BV. Borussia 09 eV Dortmund had already announced on Monday: Given the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the associated serious violation of applicable international law, the assumption of management positions in Russian state-owned companies by a BVB honorary member is unacceptable.
The association had previously made harsh criticism: “In our opinion, in a situation in which innocent people die from bombs every single day, it is not only mandatory to make a verbal commitment against any act of war (this was given by Gerhard Schröder), but also the clear will and the conviction to have to forego management positions in Russian state-owned companies.”