(ANSA) BERLIN, MARCH 22 “The federal government has not changed its position”. That’s what Chancellor Olaf Scholz answered when asked if he envisaged a possible compromise for a partial embargo (of coal and oil) from Russia to Europe. “Europe, with its friends, has decided on the biggest sanctions ever imposed on such a big country and the effects are being seen and it is getting more dramatic every day. However, it is important that the measures are sustainable.
Because we have to be clear about one thing: It must not be a shortlived situation, but a protracted conflict. And we all have to stick together. Therefore, the position of the German government has not changed, he explained. “That also applies to many, many countries that are even more dependent on Russian energy than Germany, and nobody should turn their backs on them.” Scholz then emphasized that “yes, it works great”. Speed and intensity to “be independent of Russia.
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