The Minister of Finance of Germany, Christian Lindnerwas in favor this Thursday of using the income from Russian assets frozen abroad to pressure the Kremlin and highlighted the importance of sending Ukraine the “necessary resources” to “resist.”
“We, as the European Union, agree that we want to use the proceeds from Russian assets to support Ukraine. “This is an additional financial policy opportunity to put pressure on Russia.”Lindner, who is in the Brazilian city of São Paulo for the meeting of G20 Economy Ministers, declared at a press conference.
Furthermore, Lindner stated that this issue cannot be “left aside” during the meeting and linked the approval of a final statement to putting “the geopolitical situation at the center” so that “a certain normalization effect does not occur.” .
«There is nothing normal in the G20 because we have a war against us, we have the terror of Hamas and we have the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and none of this can leave us indifferent. All this should also be discussed here.”he claimed.
The president of German Federal Bank, Joachim Nagelexpressed himself along the same lines as the minister and said that many of the economic challenges that the world is experiencing right now are related to the war in Ukraine.
«The best thing that could happen to us is that Russia withdraws from Ukraine; “That would free us from many economic problems and we could focus on real issues for the future.”he pointed.
On the other hand, both Nagel and Lindner valued the social agenda proposed by the Government of Brazil, who holds the temporary Presidency of the group and has tried to focus the discussion on topics such as inequality or fair taxation during the meetings that were held this Wednesday and Thursday. EFE (I)
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