There political crisis in Germany was added to the economic crisis. The discontent among the population towards the government is growing and the polls have shown this: collapse of the alliance SPD-Greens, Cdu which is growing again but, above all, exploits of the far right of Alternatives for Germany. So, according to what he reports Politic, Berlin runs for cover and during the meeting between permanent representatives of the 27 member states says enough to sanctions to Russia which penalize, and therefore displease, national companies: “Berlin is concerned about the expansion of a measure that would force EU companies to ensure that their customers cannot sell sanctioned goods to Moscow”, writes the newspaper, explaining that “Germany fears that its small businesses will suffer if the measure is extended to products for civil use such as chemical ones or metalworking equipment”. So does the chancellor Olaf Scholz he defined the accusations of boycott as false, explaining however that to find an agreement they still have to negotiate: “As with all other packages of measures, we are working with the others intensely and we want to make sure that everything is done in the most pragmatic way possible“, he said in an interview with Zdf.
The most important European economic power has been dealing with a worsening of the economic situation exacerbated by the pandemic for years now coronavirusbefore, and since the conflict broke out in Ukraine, Then. Berlin was in fact one of the European countries with the closest economic relations with the Federation and many of the national companies suffered a heavy backlash from the stop to trade with Moscow.
Now, the fear is that a new package that provides for the request for guarantees from customers on the sales of products, even for civilian use, to prevent them from being transferred to the country of Vladimir Putin hits the national economy even harder. Politic recalls that, previously, the so-called clause prohibiting supplies to Russia only applied to Weaponsto themilitary equipment and ai goods dual use, i.e. usable in both the civil and military fields. Now this clause would cover every type of good, even for civilian use. Berlin also “prevented the closure of a trade route that allows the transport of high-end goods, including luxury carin transit from Belarus at the Russia“, added the newspaper.
This time, therefore, it may not be the usual one to block the plan to hit Vladimir Putin’s coffers Viktor Orbandue to his never hidden closeness to the leader of the Kremlin, but Germany, one of the countries that has spent the most on military and economic support for Kiev, despite its historic relations with Russia. For this reason, the work of EU Commission, in negotiations with the German chancellery to try to overturn the veto, will be much more difficult and delicate. Solid guarantees will be needed to avoid a new one European impasse.
