“This is also, in the view of the federal government, as well as in my own opinion, the way forward and one which harms Putin on a daily basis.”
But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Germany to stop beating around the bush by prioritising “economy, economy, economy”, urging the country to let the EU take a harsher stance against Russia.
But Germany, which gets a third of its gas from Russia, has already been paying the price for having such a large dependence on Russian energy, as is the rest of Europe.
The eurozone is expected to go through one of the weakest expansions in 2022 at 2.8 percent.
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Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1598740/eu-finance-eurozone-sanctions-russia-gas-oil-energy