Prime Minister of Saxony Michael Kretschmer criticized the categorical rejection of by Germany and other European countries. sanctions towards Russia. “It's completely ridiculous and does not match what the Americans are doing now” – said the deputy chairman CDU German press agency.
“When we realize that in this way we are weakening ourselves more than the other side, we must think about whether it is all right” – he added.
“Continuous discussion about sanctions”
At the top of Ukraine in Paris on Thursday (27.03.2025), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other European heads of government spoke against the sanction of sanctions imposed on Russia in connection with its deposit war against Ukraine. Scholz said that such a step would be a “serious mistake.”
Russia, however, calls on Western countries to withdraw from sanctions. USA Currently, they are negotiating with Russia and Ukraine a ceasefire.
Michael Kretschmer is one of the ten representatives of CDU/CSU who are currently conducting talks with SPD regarding the creation of a new government. In an interview with DPA, he criticized that there is no debate in Germany at all about the sanction of sanctions.
“Continuous discussion about which of these sanctions perhaps much more harmful to us than for Russia, it must be possible. But this does not happen ” – he noted.
Debate about the Taurus “completed”
The supply of Taurus maneuvering missiles to Ukraine is no longer a matter for Kretschmer. “I don't think it is the right way and to be honest, The discussion in this matter has just come to an end” – he said. He pointed to the ongoing negotiations regarding the end of the war.
Chancellor Scholz has always rejected the possibility of delivering Ukraine rocket Taurus with a range of up to 500 kilometers. However, the chairman of CDU Friedrich Merz declared that he was basically ready to make them available to Ukraine, if necessary, in consultation with German allies.
Conversations between Merz and Putin
The Prime Minister of Saxony “can also imagine” that Merz as the German Chancellor will talk to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. “This will certainly happen” – he said. However, he must be about what can be achieved in this way.
“Why should the Russian president talk to us?” Michael Kretschmer asked in this context. “What does Germany have to offer? What can Germany change here? Negotiation position must first be developed again,” he noted.
(Dpa/jak)
The article comes from the website Deutsche Welle