The German Parliament wants to sanction Gerhard Schröder for his links with Russia

Former German Chancellor Gehrard Schröder and Russian President Vladimir Putin, here in Saint Petersburg, April 14, 2009. AP - Dmitry Lovetsky

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The former German Chancellor, the Social Democrat Gerhard Schröder, close to Vladimir Putin, has become since his departure from power in 2005 a lobbyist for Russian energy groups.

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, criticism has redoubled against the former head of government. 

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With our correspondent in Berlin

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This is essentially what Gerhard Schröder recently declared in an interview with the

about these commitments within Russian companies in the energy sector.

The ex-chancellor has not distanced himself from his friend Vladimir Putin either.

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With the war in Ukraine, criticism against Gerhard Schröder redoubled.

The Social Democratic Party has distanced itself.

A dozen requests for exclusion from the SPD have been filed.

The Social Democrats with their Green and Liberal allies want the budget committee in the Bundestag tomorrow to cut off the ex-Chancellor's funding, who would be deprived of his offices and collaborators in Parliament, which cost taxpayers 400,000 euros a year.

They believe that Gerhard Schröder's activities no longer have anything to do with his former functions and no longer justify these advantages.

It is also tomorrow that the European Parliament wants to adopt a resolution against Schröder and others to hit those responsible for sanctions in the same way as Russian oligarchs, for example.

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