Germany’s SPD calls on Gerhard Schröder to quit party over Russia links
by Philip Oltermann in Berlin from World news | The Guardian on (#5YH3D)
Former chancellor says he has no intention of resigning his seats on boards of Russian energy firms
The co-leader of Germany's Social Democratic party (SPD) has urged the former chancellor Gerhard Schroder to hand in his party membership after he made clear in an interview that he had no intention to resign from his seats on the boards of Russian energy companies over the war in Ukraine.
Schroder, who was Germany's head of government from 1998 to 2005, presides over the board of the Russian oil company Rosneft and is chairman of the shareholder committee of pipeline company Nord Stream.
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