"Oh my God, 55% of Austria’s gas continues to come from Russia,” Martin Selmayr lamented in Vienna. Paying for continued Russian supplies was tantamount to helping finance its war against Ukraine, and no one protested, he added.
"Oh my God, 55% of Austria’s gas continues to come from Russia,” Martin Selmayr lamented in Vienna. Paying for continued Russian supplies was tantamount to helping finance its war against Ukraine, and no one protested, he added.
I’m from Austria and I applaud him for saying the truth.
It’s embarrassing how many austrian politicians are defending the russian gas imports.
Sadly true.
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to be fair - Austria has the FPÖ and most of the country doesn’t have any problem with those far-right nuts. So the bar of being embarassed by stuff like that is pretty high already to begin with if you’re in Austria.
He absolutely is right.
But it absolutely dumb to say this at an Event where you are invited to in your representative role, when the EU Commission you are representing doesnt agree with that statement.
Nah it’s dumb to remain silent in fear.
It’s smart to use your platform to push for progress
There is diplomatic protocol. If he has the “go” from the commission to criticize Austria, he absolutely should do so. But if he doesnt have that backing, he is actively creating a diplomatic crisis.
Oh no, a diplomatic crisis. How horrible. That sounds as bad as the children being killed in Ukraine by Russia.