Former Federal Minister of Financial system Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) obviously distanced himself from the present route in opposition to Russia in German overseas coverage. Misjudging Vladimir Putin and his intentions “is one of the biggest mistakes in German foreign policy that I have been involved in,” Gabriel instructed an investigative committee of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state parliament in Schwerin. “This is a bitter realization,” he added.
The committee will have to explain whether or not there used to be any Russian affect at the status quo of the state basis. The basis helped whole the arguable pipeline challenge in 2021 in spite of threats of sanctions. Gabriel used to be known as as a witness as a result of he used to be the Federal Minister of Financial system from 2013 to 2017, after which the German Minister of Overseas Affairs. On the other hand, there used to be no common cooperation between the government and the state executive of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at the pipeline challenge, Gabriel mentioned.
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