EU ambassador summoned for criticising Austria’s Russian gas dependence
www.euractiv.com
Austria’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the head of the EU Commission’s representation in Austria, Martin Selmayr, over his comments highlighting the country’s continued dependence on Russian gas flows and its role in financing the war in Ukraine.

"Oh my God, 55% of Austria’s gas continues to come from Russia,” Martin Selmayr lamented in Vienna. Paying for continued Russian supplies was tantamount to helping finance its war against Ukraine, and no one protested, he added.

  • Irishred88@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    Nah, if it were me, even if I “knew better.” I would still break the rules and the social contract and speak out. Better to say what is being left unsaid than to have it weigh on the conscience. Even if doing so put me in deep shit, I would be proud I stuck to my principles.

    • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Sadly this is why people like you and I aren’t working in government. Too many cowards in there.

    • Microw@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      You are aware that they have other channels for that? Contacts in the media who can print a story citing you “anonymously” etc.

      Speaking out yourself as a diplomat creates a diplomatic crisis and increases the rift between the body you’re representing and the hosting country.