For the Minister-President of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, resuming gas supplies from Russia is not fundamentally out of the question.
"Once there is peace, we can, should, and must talk about such matters," Kretschmer told Euronews.
"One can only hope that this peace deal or this ceasefire (…), comes as quickly as possible, because every day an incredible number of people are dying there on both sides of the front," he added.
The leading CDU politicians spoke to Euronews during an interview at the official state representation of the Free State of Saxony in Berlin. The conversation touched, among other things, on energy supplies from Russia, the economic sanctions against Moscow and the roughly one million Ukrainian refugees in Germany.
Kretschmer has repeatedly advocated for negotiations with Russia, arguing that the conflict cannot be resolved through military means alone, but only through diplomacy.
