26/04/2022 (Agence Europe) – Fifty MEPs wrote a joint letter to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, on Saturday 23 April, calling on him to support an EU embargo on Russian oil. While they understand Germany’s fears about the economic costs if Russia decides to cut off gas supplies to the country in response to the oil embargo, the signatories say these fears “are highly overstated”. “Analyses show that in the short run, a stop of Russian energy imports would lead to a GDP growth...