“There Germany blocks the first sanctions on Russian gas”. It’s the one who writes it Politico.euwhich quotes 6 European officials according to whom theEU failed to reach agreement on new measures against the country’s liquefied natural gas sector Russia, due to Berlin’s no. From an investment point of view, Germany is the European country most economically exposed to Moscow. And it is precisely the fears of very serious economic repercussions on the internal side that are holding back the government led by the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz (With the’Spd already heavily punished in the European elections a week ago)
The crux of the package was a ban on countries re-exporting Russian LNG from EU ports and financing LNG terminals planned in theArctic It is in the Baltic. “EU countries were close to an agreement, but the talks stalled at the last minute.” Berlin – we read – was worried about the expansion of a measure that would have forced EU companies to ensure that their customers did not sell the sanctioned products to Moscow.
Previously, the so-called “no-Russia” clause applied only to Weaponsbattlefield items and dual-use goods, with possible application military and civilianhe writes Politic. Germany feared that its small businesses they would have suffered if this clause had been extended to more civilized products, such as chemical products oh machinery for metalworking. The European Commission – he concludes – is negotiating with the German Chancellery to convince Berlin to remove its veto, according to what was reported by one of the diplomats cited.
