EU Parliament puts pressure on former German chancellor Schroeder to quit Russian oil company

The draft resolution is not binding, but puts significant pressure on the EU to act against Europeans seen as being close to the Kremlin.

Gerhard Schroeder sponsored the building of more gas pipelines to Russia during his time as German chancellor.

The European Parliament has urged that former German leader Gerhard Schroeder be blacklisted if he does not quit the board of Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft in a move also meant to dissuade him from taking a top job at Gazprom. 

The draft resolution, which also explicitly mentioned Karin Kneissl, a former Austrian foreign minister under the government of Sebastian Kurz, was backed by the four biggest political groups in the EU assembly.