The German chancellor has said a US decision to temporarily allow the sale of sanctioned Russian oil is flawed. Friedrich Merz said the timing of the decision was incorrect and questioned Washington's motive.
I don’t care what they say, I care what they do. Last time I checked EU was buying more petrol from Russia then help provided for Ukraine and a big part of the is Germany.
Hungary: 416 million euros ($488m)
Slovakia: 275 million euros ($323m)
France: 157 million euros ($184m)
Netherlands: 65 million euros ($76m)
Belgium: 64 million euros ($75m)
His party literally has posters on the street stating that “Europe must win. Ukraine must win.”
I don’t care what they say, I care what they do. Last time I checked EU was buying more petrol from Russia then help provided for Ukraine and a big part of the is Germany.
You are very mistaken.
The top buyers of Russian energy include:
Hungary: 416 million euros ($488m) Slovakia: 275 million euros ($323m) France: 157 million euros ($184m) Netherlands: 65 million euros ($76m) Belgium: 64 million euros ($75m)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/3/how-much-of-europes-oil-and-gas-still-comes-from-russia
When was the last time you checked though? First of March 2022?