Germany’s deputy chancellor has hit out at critics of the €200bn energy support package Berlin unveiled last month, denying it was “selfish” and insisting it will help protect the whole European economy.
“If Germany were to experience a really deep recession, it would drag the whole of Europe down with it,” Robert Habeck said in an interview. “We’re not being selfish — we’re trying to stabilise an economy at the heart of Europe.”
Some EU member states reacted with surprise and irritation at the German relief package, saying it risked distorting the bloc’s single market. Berlin was accused of failing to properly co-ordinate its response to the energy crisis with its European partners.
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