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Soltz: “Yes” to the European emergency levy against the energy crisis

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In this way, it is ensured that the financial burden is distributed to everyone and does not fall only on the customers of the companies that have signed contracts with the Russian group Gazprom, Chancellor Olaf Solz said in an interview with FAZ.

In favor of the extraordinary natural gas levy, as “this way it is ensured that the financial burden is distributed to everyone and does not fall only on the customers of the companies that have signed contracts with the Russian group Gazprom”, said Chancellor Olaf Solz in an interview with FAZ .

In an exclusive interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung broadcast by Deutsche Welle, Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Solz rules out the possibility of “popular uprisings” in Germany over the energy crisis in the coming months.

He maintains that Germany is strong and democracy in the country is stable, while emphasizing that “if we stay united as a country and as a nation we will overcome the problems”.

Earlier, Soltz had a communication with the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss about the European energy crisis.

The two leaders “agreed on the importance of energy resilience and independence. The Prime Minister underlined the importance of safeguarding democracy and freedom in Europe, as well as protecting countries made vulnerable by Russia’s economic blackmail,” a spokesman for the British Prime Minister said.

Liz Truss also told Olaf Soltz that she wants to expand defense cooperation between the two countries and find a solution to issues surrounding controversial rules governing trade with Northern Ireland in the post-Brexit era, the spokeswoman added.

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