"It's nice that among German politicians we still see people who are distinguished by their common sense, the courage to express their point of view, although it does not coincide with the official one," Olenchenko said.
According to the analyst, this statement cannot be ignored, both the German authorities and outside observers will have to react to it.
Ernst expresses the interest of quite a wide range of German society: business, most of the German population and sane German politicians, the specialist added.
“The current escalation of sanctions passions does not meet the interests of Germany,” the expert concluded.
Earlier, the head of the Bundestag committee, Ernst, spoke in favor of gas supplies via Nord Stream 2.
According to him, it doesn't matter which pipeline gas is delivered to Germany, it remains Russian in any case.