{"id":45479,"date":"2022-03-25T14:22:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libmod.de\/sonntag-france-2022-ukraine-war-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-03-30T11:11:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T09:11:25","slug":"appeal-european-import-ban-on-russian-oil-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libmod.de\/en\/appeal-european-import-ban-on-russian-oil-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal: European import ban on Russian oil and gas!"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Foto: Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=\u201d.vc_custom_1508251598805{margin-top: 30px !important;}\u201d][vc_column width=\u201c2\/3\u201d css=\u201d.vc_custom_1508252250311{padding-right: 20px !important;}\u201d][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

More than 80 scholars, politi\u00adcians, business\u00adpeople and civil society repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtives have signed an appeal to the German government to stop oil and gas imports from Russia. Remarkably, the coalition of signa\u00adtories was collected within 24 hours and for the first time includes prominent entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs. What unites them in the face of Russia\u2019s war of aggression against Ukraine is the wish to live up to Germany\u2019s historic respon\u00adsi\u00adbility of \u201cnever again\u201d allow a war to happen. Absorbing the conse\u00adquences of a short-term energy boycott requires a massive effort. But the cost of half-hearted action could be much higher.<\/h3>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

A CALL TO ACTION<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s stop financing the war \u2014 Immediate import ban on Russian oil and gas!<\/h2>\n

Berlin, 25 March 2022 \u2014 We call on the German government to lobby the European Union for an immediate boycott of fossil fuels from Russia. The embargo should be limited in time until the Russian army withdraws from Ukraine. It is the most effective economic leverage to stop Putin\u2019s war of aggression and to halt a human\u00adi\u00adtarian catastrophe the likes of which our continent has not seen since 1945.<\/p>\n

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, the EU has imported almost \u20ac20 billion worth of Russian oil, gas and coal. Even though the Russian armed forces are paid in roubles, these foreign currencies keep the war machine running.<\/p>\n

There is no doubt that a complete import freeze is an enormous feat. It requires a variety of measures to develop new energy sources and save energy, to prioritise scarce natural gas resources, to achieve social balance and to safeguard energy-intensive indus\u00adtries. The sooner such an embargo is imposed, the sooner it can be relaxed. The COVID pandemic has shown that we can overcome such challenges when we act together.<\/p>\n

We are convinced that Europe must do more in the face of the massive attack on the European order. The European community must do every\u00adthing in its power to stop the devas\u00adtating war against Ukraine, the destruction of entire cities and endless suffering of the civilian population.<\/p>\n

If we see the sacri\u00adfices made by the people of Ukraine in these weeks, if we take seriously the justified concerns in Moldova, Georgia and the Baltic states, then the free West must resolutely use the means at its disposal. Putin\u2019s revan\u00adchism must be stopped before he sets all of Europe on fire.<\/p>\n

Looking back on its history, Germany has repeatedly vowed that there must NEVER AGAIN be wars of conquest and crimes against humanity. Today the hour has come to honour this vow. We must try every\u00adthing to stop Putin\u2019s war machine with our political and economic means.<\/p>\n

This is about our respon\u00adsi\u00adbility before history and Europe\u2019s future. We must act. Now.<\/p>\n

The signa\u00adtories are expressing themselves here as citizens, not as repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtives of insti\u00adtu\u00adtions, companies or bodies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Thomas Enders, President DGAP, Munich<\/p>\n

Ralf F\u00fccks, former Senator, Center for Liberal Modernity, Bremen<\/p>\n

Charlotte Knobloch, former Vice President of the World Jewish Congress<\/p>\n

Dr. Norbert R\u00f6ttgen, Member of the German Bundestag, former Federal Minister, Berlin<\/p>\n

Dr. Constanze Stelzen\u00adm\u00fcller, Brookings Insti\u00adtution, Washington, DC<\/p>\n

Dr. Christian Jacobs, Chairman of the Board of Jacobs, Bremen, Germany<\/p>\n

Igor Levit, pianist, Berlin<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Hedwig Richter, University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich<\/p>\n

Mikhail Khodor\u00adkovsky, former political prisoner, London<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ischinger, former State Secretary, former head of MSC, Munich<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Carlo Masala, University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Karl Kaiser, Cambridge<\/p>\n

Dr. Daniela Schwarzer, Executive Director Open Society Founda\u00adtions, Berlin<\/p>\n

Sebastian Turner, entre\u00adpreneur and publicist, Berlin<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Jan Schnel\u00adlenbach, Brandenburg Technical University, Cottbus<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. R\u00fcdiger Bachmann, University of Notre Dame, Indiana<\/p>\n

Marieluise Beck, former Parlia\u00admentary Secretary of State, Center for Liberal Modernity, Bremen<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Timothy Garton Ash, University of Oxford<\/p>\n

Peter Jungen, Managing Partner, Cologne<\/p>\n

Roderich Kiesewetter, Member of the German Bundestag, Berlin<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Karolina Wigura, Kultura Liberalna Foundation, Warsaw<\/p>\n

Kai Whittacker, Member of the German Bundestag, Berlin<\/p>\n

Markus Meckel, last Foreign Minister of the GDR, Berlin<\/p>\n

Michael Gahler, MEP, Strasbourg<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Benjamin Moll, London School of Economics, London<\/p>\n

Hildegard Bentele, MEP, Strasbourg<\/p>\n

Rebecca Harms, former Member of the European Parliament, Hannover<\/p>\n

Dr. Fritz Felgentreu, former Member of the German Bundestag, Berlin<\/p>\n

Werner Schulz, former Member of the European Parliament, Berlin<\/p>\n

Elmar Brok, former Member of the European Parliament, Bielefeld<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Tanja B\u00f6rzel, Cluster of Excel\u00adlence SCRIPTS, Free University, Berlin<\/p>\n

Robert Ketterer, Ketterer Kunst KG, Munich<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Michael Z\u00fcrn, SCRIPTS spokesperson, Science Center, Berlin<\/p>\n

Katja Leikert, Member of the German Bundestag, Berlin<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Nicole Deitelhoff, Director HSFK, Frankfurt<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Thomas Risse, Director BIRT, Free University, Berlin<\/p>\n

Dr. Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Publicist, Berlin<\/p>\n

Gerald Knaus, European Stability Initiative, Vienna-Berlin<\/p>\n

Bernd Ziesemer, Journalist and Columnist, Capital, Hamburg<\/p>\n

Dr. Thorlef Spickschen, entre\u00adpreneur, Seeheim-Jugenheim<\/p>\n

Dennis Radtke, MEP, Strasbourg<\/p>\n

Dr. Ruprecht Polenz, former Member of the German Bundestag, M\u00fcnster<\/p>\n

Dr. Peter Hoch, banker, Munich<\/p>\n

Dr. Fred Kempe, President and CEO Altantic Council, Washington DC<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Jan Andrzej Zielonka, Oxford and Ca Foscari University of Vernice<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Armin Grunwald, Institute for Technology Assessment, Karlsruhe, Germany<\/p>\n

Marianne Birthler, former chair\u00adwoman of B\u00fcndnis 90\/\u200bDie Gr\u00fcnen, Berlin<\/p>\n

Alexander Bonde, Foundation Manager and former Minister, Freiburg i.Br.<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Moritz Schularick, University of Bonn and Sciences Po, Paris<\/p>\n

Dr. Helga Tr\u00fcpel, former Member of the European Parliament, Bremen<\/p>\n

Jacques Rupnik, Research Director, Sciencies Po, Paris<\/p>\n

Volker Beck, former Member of the German Bundestag, Tikvah Institute, Berlin<\/p>\n

Jakub Klepal, Forum 2000, Prague<\/p>\n

Olga Dolburt, Philan\u00adthropist, Nadav Foundation, Tel Aviv<\/p>\n

Dr. Ulrich Wilhelm, former director, Berlin<\/p>\n

Dr. Anna Kuchen\u00adbecker, ECFR, Berlin<\/p>\n

Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Europe, Editor-in-Chief Strategic Europe, London<\/p>\n

Knut Abraham, Member of the German Bundestag, Berlin<\/p>\n

Andrew Levi, Tech Investor, former diplomat, Edinburgh\/\u200bBerlin<\/p>\n

Dr. Peter Liese, MEP, Strasbourg<\/p>\n

Lukas Beckmann, Chairman of the Super\u00advisory Board Correctiv GmbH, Berlin<\/p>\n

Markus Koob, Member of the German Bundestag, Berlin<\/p>\n

Wolfgang Grassl, architect, Gransee<\/p>\n

Prof. Monika Gr\u00fctters, Member of the Bundestag, Berlin<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Sabine D\u00f6ring, philosopher, University of T\u00fcbingen<\/p>\n

Peter Beyer, Member of the Bundestag, Berlin<\/p>\n

Wolf Lotter, journalist, author, keynoter, K\u00f6ngen<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Heribert Hirte, former Member of the German Bundestag, Berlin<\/p>\n

Annette Widmann-Mauz, Member of the German Bundestag, Berlin<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Andrea Gawrich, political scientist, University of Gie\u00dfen<\/p>\n

Elisabeth Motschmann, former State Councillor, Bremen<\/p>\n

Jens Motschmann, pastor, Bremen<\/p>\n

Dr. Mikko Huotari, Director Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Berlin<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Christian Bayer, legal scholar, University of Bonn<\/p>\n

Michaela Derra, journalist, Bamberg<\/p>\n

Johannes Steiniger, Member of the German Bundestag, Berlin<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Martin Aust, Eastern European History University of Bonn<\/p>\n

Michael Brand, Member of the German Bundestag, Berlin<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Armin Nassehi, Chair of Sociology, LMU Munich<\/p>\n

Martin Patzelt, former Member of the German Bundestag, Berlin<\/p>\n

Frank Helmen\u00adstein, Mayor, Gummersbach<\/p>\n

Carsten M\u00fcller, Member of the German Bundestag, Berlin<\/p>\n

Monica W\u00fcllner, trade union secretary, Stuttgart<\/p>\n

Karl-Matthias Klause, Diplomat, Director EBRD, London<\/p>\n

Korbinian Kohler, Entre\u00adpreneur, Tegernsee<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Gunther Hellmann, Political Scientist, University of Frankfurt<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Gwendolyn Sasse, Humboldt University, Berlin<\/p>\n

Silke Hermann, entre\u00adpreneur, Wiesbaden<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Antje Wiener, Political Scientist, University of Hamburg<\/p>\n

Dr. Rainer Ohler, Senior Strate\u00adgists, Munich<\/p>\n

Gustav Meibauer, Assistant Professor Inter\u00adna\u00adtional Relations, University of Nijmegen<\/p>\n

Dr. S\u00f6nke Ahrens, Faculty of Education, University of Duisburg-Essen<\/p>\n

Dr. Stefan Eisel, former Member of the German Bundestag, Bonn<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Chris\u00adtiane Woopen. Medical ethicist, University of Bonn<\/p>\n

Dr. Patrick Heinemann, lawyer and legal historian, Freiburg i.B.<\/p>\n

Michael Jahn, freelancer, Grossbettlingen<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Jonas Dovern, empirical macro\u00adecon\u00adomist, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg<\/p>\n

Prof. em. Antonia Grunenberg, Bremen<\/p>\n

Dr. Armin Sieber, Sieber Senior Advisors, Munich<\/p>\n

Dr. Ernst-J\u00f6rg von Studnitz, former Ambas\u00adsador (including Moscow), K\u00f6nigswinter<\/p>\n

Kerstin M\u00fcller, former Minister of State, Berlin<\/p>\n

Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker, Member of the German Bundestag, Berlin<\/p>\n

\"Textende\"[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]Did you like thike this article? If yes, you can support the inde\u00adpen\u00addent edi\u00adto\u00adr\u00adial work and jour\u00adnal\u00adism of LibMod via a simple dona\u00adtion tool.<\/p>\n

Donate via Bank Transfer<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]