Over 250,000 People Sign Petition Urging Scholz To Stop Weapons Supply To Ukraine

More than 250,000 people have signed a petition calling on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to stop increasing arms supplies to Ukraine and initiate peace talks on the issue, data on the change.org petition website showed on Sunday.

The petition titled "Manifest for Peace" was launched on the change.org portal by Sahra Wagenknecht, German lawmaker from The Left Party, and prominent German feminist journalist Alice Schwarzer on Friday.

"A quarter of a million supporters have already signed the Manifest for Peace. Pressure from our side can lead to results!" Wagenknecht wrote on Twitter.

The lawmaker also urged Germans to take part in a rally in support of the petition in the center of Berlin on February 25.

The petition will become one of the most signed on the portal if it gathers at least 300,000 signatures. Those who have already signed the petition include well-known German politicians, writers, journalists, and figures of culture, art and science.