Controversies in German government stand in the way of new anti-Russian sanctions

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, the German publication “D Site” wrote in an article: “Difference” In Germany’s federal coalition government, it slows down the process of new European Union sanctions against Russia.

The European Union has not yet been able to approve the new package of sanctions against Russia due to the concerns of the German chancellor. The German Foreign Ministry considers this approach as damaging to Germany’s reputation.

This article continues: There is a difference of opinion within the German federal government regarding the country’s position regarding the new European Union sanctions against Russia. has it. According to the information of the German news agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs considers this approach problematic and damaging to the country’s image.

On the eve of the talks in Brussels this Friday, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Analena Baerbock, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in two In the past year, it has worked hard to restore the trust lost among its European partners due to Berlin’s old policy towards Russia. The statement said: This trust must not be lost again.

It was previously known that the Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union until recently gave Berlin permission to agree to the next package of EU sanctions. It was not against Russia. According to diplomats in Brussels, Germany’s concerns and requests for changes in this field have been one of the main reasons for the negotiations not being concluded.

An EU official even told the German news agency: “Recently, it was felt that Germany is the new Hungary. During the prime ministership of Viktor Orban, the Hungarian government has repeatedly postponed the decision on Russian sanctions in the past. The new sanctions package was originally supposed to be agreed upon by the start of the Group of 7 summit on Thursday.

The EU’s planned new punitive measures against Russia are specifically aimed at combating circumvention of existing sanctions. For the first time, tough sanctions are also set to be imposed on Russia’s billion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade. According to EU diplomats, Germany’s concerns are precisely related to measures against sanctions circumvention. . Accordingly, the German federal government has, among other things, demanded that companies should not commit their business partners to comply with EU sanctions laws. At first, he did not want to comment on this matter and announced that the negotiations between the member states are confidential.

In this way, within the federal coalition government, Germany’s position regarding the new EU sanctions against There is a difference in Russia. According to information from the German news agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs now considers the Chancellor’s reservations about the sanctions package to be problematic and damaging to Germany’s reputation. The German Foreign Ministry said that these concerns cannot be ignored without reason. At the same time, it must be admitted that the vast majority of other EU countries do not see any unacceptable problems with this.

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