EU ambassador summoned for criticising Austria’s Russian gas dependence
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Austria’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the head of the EU Commission’s representation in Austria, Martin Selmayr, over his comments highlighting the country’s continued dependence on Russian gas flows and its role in financing the war in Ukraine.

"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.

  • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Because the money we send to Russia to pay for it is used in ways that end up costing us more money than we save by not buying the gas somewhere else.

    Even if you are ok with overt acts of aggression, the economic argument is not hard to make.