Posted on 05/01/2022 1:48:27 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Germany will support the European embargo of Russian oil, marking another significant turnaround in the nation’s position as the invasion of Ukraine continues.
Ambassadors will reportedly table the proposal at an ambassadors summit in Brussels on Wednesday, with expectations to approve the embargo by the end of next week. Germany has resisted such an embargo, but government sources told German news agency dpa on Sunday that Chancellor Olaf Scholz will back the embargo.
Scholz previously urged caution against any outright ban over concerns of the consequences, which he believed would prove devastating to Germany’s economy and the continent as a whole.
But Germany has reportedly managed to significantly reduce its reliance on Russian oil over the past eight weeks: Germany took 35% of its energy from Russia, but has dropped that to just 12%, according to Energy Minster Robert Habeck.
The reversal from Germany, which had been one of the main opponents of the EU severing oil and gas trade with Russia, comes after Berlin struck a deal with Poland to import oil by way of one of its Baltic Sea ports, according to that report.
That would leave Italy, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Spain and Greece as the remaining holdouts who have yet to publicly support an embargo, according to DW.
Germany has remained under immense pressure to change its various stances on Ukraine and Russia, including a hesitancy to send heavy weapons to Ukraine.
But Munich agreed to send "Gepard" anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine, with support from the German voters: around 55% of Germans now say they should supply Ukraine with such weapons.
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They’re free republic putin trolls will be out raged.
This is a GREAT thing for Russia.
Germany shouldn’t have any arms to give their pals in Ukraine. But it is natural they would support previous nazi allies
How does this help Putin?
An alcoholic I knew said he was going to quit hard liquor and only drink beer to “lessen his dependence”.
Nice personalization.
It helps Russia.
2 cases a day...
“Bury My Heart At Babi Yar”
Could a GOP super majority congress promise $2/gal gas?
“Germany will support the European embargo of Russian oil”
Germany will announce now, shut the spigot sometime in 2023 or 2024.
Germany flew it’s first combat mission against Serbs since ww2 in the illegal conflict. There are krauts just itching for action in Ukraine. March into western Ukraine as heroes. Hmmm. Haven’t we seen that script before
The German citizens will be outraged as their sanctions are just as devastating to Germans as your big guy’s are to US citizens. The US unsubsidized working poor are being crucified to take care of the DC and Kiev oligarchs. Don’t you FR Big Guy trolls pay the same as everyone else at the pump?
P.s That’s Himmler himself reviewing the 14th Waffen Grenadier division.
I’ve often noted Himmler’s resemblance to Merrick Garland...
“comes after Berlin struck a deal with Poland to import oil by way of one of its Baltic Sea ports”
Huh? So where’s Poland magically getting the oil from? Or are we not supposed to ask that to keep up the appearance that Germany is really “boycotting” Russian oil?
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