Multilateral Responses to the Growing Crisis over Ukraine

"Multilateral Responses to the Growing Crisis over Ukraine: A View from Berlin" (English & German)

Thursday, February 10, 9:45-10:30 AM ET | 15:45-16:30 CET 

Online Discussion with: Nils Schmid, MdB (SPD)

Concerns continue to mount regarding the build-up of Russian forces along the border with Ukraine. After Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s trip to Washington and before the Munich Security Conference, the  American Council on Germany and the New York Office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung held a discussion with Bundestag Member Nils Schmid (SPD) about German and European leadership in the face of the unfolding crisis. 

Nils Schmid has been a Member of the German Bundestag since September 2017. He is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and has been the foreign policy spokesperson for the SPD parliamentary caucus since 2018. He is also a deputy member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure. In addition, he is a member of the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.

In 1997, Mr. Schmid became a member of the state assembly of Baden-Württemberg. After his reelection in 2001, he became fiscal policy spokesperson for the SPD’s state assembly caucus. In 2006, his caucus elected him as deputy chairman. In 2009, the state party elected him chairman of the Baden-Württemberg SPD. He held that office until 2016. From 2011 to 2016, he was Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of the state of Baden-Württemberg as well as Deputy Minister-President.