The German Chancellery is struggling to contain discontent by\u00a0leaders of key German concerns.<\/p>\n
Business heavyweights are making attempts to influence the government\u2019s policy towards Russia, Der Spiegel weekly reported\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Bavaria\u2019s Chamber of Commerce and Industry urged the the powers that be to lift sanctions against Russia.<\/p>\n
Dr. Eberhard Sasse, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria, said in early October Bavaria\u2019s entrepreneurs want Western sanctions against Russia to be lifted.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have about 9,000 members in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and we all want the sanctions against Russia to be lifted, enabling business relations between our countries to develop further,\u201d he pleaded.<\/p>\n
Sanctions as a foreign policy tool do not always produce the desired effect, Sasse said. \u201cSanctions create uncertainty in business prospects. This is a political tool and not a business tool,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n
Chancellor Angela Merkel however \u201cis angry over numerous calls by leaders of the DAX companies [Germany\u2019s index] that insist the EU sanctions against Moscow be eased\u201d, the pro-American weekly stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe meeting between businessmen and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in early week aroused less delight,\u201d Der Spiegel said with regards\u00a0to the session of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council in Russia.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe last thing we need is companies\u2019 parallel foreign policy,\u201d the weekly lamented.<\/p>\n
German officials, who took part in the meeting in Moscow, informed the German Chancellery but\u00a0not the German Foreign Ministry about their trip to Russia, Der Spiegel said.<\/p>\n
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