Another question which
to my surprise made it to the top
of the online ranking
will be asked by a reader of the newspaper Leipziger Volkszeitung,
Mr. Robert Fleischer.
 
 
Hello Mr. Schulz, nice to have you here.
My question is about freedom of information in Germany.
And I'm dead serious about this.
21 countries in the world
have released their formerly classified UFO files,
including France, Great Britain,
Italy and Spain.
I have the complete list here, so in case you're interested,
I'd be happy to provide it.
Shouldn't Germany release their files as well
and would you as chancellor support that?
I'm not asking whether you know anything about UFO files,
but rather if you would advocate
for the release of secret UFO files.
I must admit I haven't dealt with this issue yet.
(audience: "Not necessary anyway!")
In France, there's an official government body studying UFOs.
Let me try to give you
a legally correct answer.
If those files have not been published
because they are classified as secret,
then I can’t just promise you to release them
without respecting the legal provisions.
Because as chancellor, you're obliged to obey the law.
However, I can promise you I would check
which are the requirements
and why they are classified as secret.
And if there's no further need
to uphold classification in that regard,
I would propose the Bundestag to open them to the public.
Thank you.
