When it comes to sanctions, a clear red, white and red line of neutrality is needed
Vienna (OTS) – At the EU summit – for the first time in the presence of the US President Joe Biden – the question of further sanctions against Russia was discussed until late at night. “Austrian Chancellor Nehammer had an embarrassing character there. Instead of representing a clear Austrian line of neutrality, Nehammer has changed his mind several times, “criticized the president of the federal FPÖ party Klubobmann NAbg. Herbert Kickel.
In recent weeks, Nehammer has appeared at home and abroad primarily as a whip for increasingly far-reaching and tougher sanctions against Russia. When the final step was discussed yesterday – the suspension of Russian oil and gas supplies to the EU – with “Mr. “Nehammer’s Hardliner. He fiercely opposed the energy embargo, only to emphasize shortly after that sanctions must be” creatively “tightened. We warned from the outset that the sanctions against Russia would also be a deep cut in one’s own body. The chancellor was not interested in this then, he put himself at the head of the sanctions whip. It has to stop now – especially with regard to Austrian neutrality, “said Kickl.
The role of Austria must be a mediator. An active policy of neutrality would mean offering Austria to the conflicting sides as a place for negotiations and peace talks. Instead, the chancellor’s sole aim is to establish the most stringent sanctions regime that would cause serious damage to the domestic economy. In 2017, Wifo examined the effects of sanctions against Russia as a result of the sanctions following the annexation of Crimea and concluded that economic losses in the EU amounted to EUR 30 billion, of which only EUR 1 billion in the EU. The Austrian economy has been eliminated.
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