The Prime Minister of the federal state of North Rhine - Westphalia Hendrik Wust, who is a member of the opposition Christian Democratic Union, demanded that the leadership of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) begin the procedure for expelling former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder from its membership in connection with his interview with The New newspaper.

According to the prime minister, the SPD leadership had previously said that if Schroeder held on to his well-paid positions in state-owned companies of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he would no longer be able to remain a member of the party.. Schroeder's interview testifies precisely to this intention, the head of the cabinet believes.

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Earlier, the head of the German Cabinet, Olaf Scholz, had already called on Schroeder to resign from his posts in Russian state-owned energy companies..

NYT April 23 published an interview with Gerhard Schroeder. In it, the ex-chancellor, in particular, said that Moscow would not stop oil and gas supplies to Europe.. " However, in such a scenario, "

In addition, the former head of the German Cabinet said that " " We are talking not only about oil and gas, but also about rare earth metals. This is a raw material that simply cannot be replaced," The peace and prosperity of Germany and Europe will always depend on dialogue with the Russian Federation, he pointed out..

" We always do this,"

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The ex-Chancellor of Germany has been heading the supervisory board of directors of the state oil company Rosneft since 2017.. In addition, he is Chairman of the Shareholders' Committee of Nord Stream AG, operator of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, and also holds a similar position at Nord Stream 2 AG, operator of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.. In early February, it became known that Gerhard Schroeder was nominated to the board of directors of the Russian state concern Gazprom..