Europe
Bundesbank Chief Is Mad at Russia’s Calls for Global Cooperation
Joachim Nagel in Washington.
Photographer: Soeren Stache/dpa/AP
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Russian demands in the Group of 20 that countries need to cooperate are a mockery given its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said, blaming part of Germany’s economic troubles on the war.
“We shouldn’t forget where this all started,” Nagel said in Washington on Saturday. “The downturn of Germany started in the springtime of 2022. And we all know the reason why this happened in the springtime of 2022.”