Sanctions hurt EU more than Vladimir Putin, says senior German politician

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Germany should talk about simplifying the sanctions on Moscow, a senior member of the Fredricist Merge’s Center-Dan Christian Democrats, arguing that punitive measures are hitting Europe more than Vladimir Putin.

Michael Cretshma, a CDU of the state of East Germany, has become the latest of multiple politicians in Europe’s largest nation in Europe’s Michael Cretshma’s Russia – a position that encourages strong criticism from supporters UkraineThe

Cretaceous said that Germany and Europe’s leaders were insistent on maintaining a disciplinary system against Moscow “out of the whole date and the Americans do not fit at all”.

He told the German Press Agency DPA: “When you understand that you are weakening yourself than your opponent, you need to think about whether all this is okay.”

Cretaceous, whose Saxoni State of Saxoni is sympathetic to Putin, is a solid base for the distinguished and distant parties, “he said:” A continuous discussion should be possible for us to be more harmful to us than Russia, “he said.

The last of both the statistics of both, who was also opposed to weapons supply to Ukraine, to Ukraine. MergeIn recent weeks, Central-Left CDUs and Center-Left Social Democrats have been publicly gone to the Central-Left Social Democrats, calling for restarting economic or energy relations with Russia.

It has created a problem for the Merge – who is sure of being the next Chancellor of Germany – as well as for his potential coalition partners in SPD when he is trying to make himself a strong partner in Ukraine and Europe for Europe.

Germany’s Green Party, which is strongly on behalf of the Kiwi, called on Merge to clamp “Friend of Putin” at his party on Sunday.

Party’s parliamentary co-leader Breita Helman said he was shocked at CretSer’s comments and urged the CDU leader to monitor the “Moscow connection” in Germany-which is the most important link between Germany, some parts of Germany and some parts of politics.

The relationship was made by former SPD Chancellor Gerahrd Shrader, a close friend of Putin, who was chaired by the state-owned Russian Oil Agency Rosnoft Board, finally resigned after Putin’s full-scale in May 2022. Ukraine’s attackThe However, some statistics on the CDU have long been in favor of economic relations with Russia and with Kiev’s military support for a long time.

Helman says, “The leadership of the Fredesrich Merge and the CDU can no longer laugh and eventually have to take a clear position on the revival of the Moscow connection,” the Helman said. “The end of the quiet while the issue is over.”

In recent weeks, several politicians from the two largest central parties in Germany have publicly supported the idea of ​​restoring economic relationships with Moscow.

CDU MP Tomas Bury ß Nord Stream 2 The potential resurgence of the gas pipeline-praised the report on “how much business our American friends” wrote a LinkedIn post and responded to a report on possible resurgence.

He further added: “When peace is restored and when the weapons are silent in #Rusia and #Ukraine (and hope it happens soon), the relationships will become normal, then the restrictions will be taken soon or after the #GAS may flow again, perhaps this time under US control may be again in the #plin.”

Jan Heynich, a CDU politician in the state of North Rhine-Westfalia, is part of the top coalition discussion on power, he told Politico: “If one day there is justice and protected peace, we must be allowed to talk about buying Russian gas again.”

Members of the SPD High-Profail also addressed the idea, including the Prime Minister of East German State Brandenberg Dietmar Wowod. He called for the normalization of Germany’s trade relations with Russia after a peace agreement with raw material: “I really believe economic relations can also contribute to the development of relations between Europe and Russia as a whole.”