oil, but we simply have to do it. so today we will propose to ban all russian oil from europe. this will be this will be a complete import ban on all russian oil seaborne and pipeline crude and refined. we will make sure that we phase out russian oil in an orderly fashion. so in a way that allows us and our partners to secure alternative supply routes. and at the same time, be very careful that we minimize the impact on the global market. and this is why we will phase out russian supply of crude oil within 6 months. and we find products by the end of the year. they w correspondent, marina strauss is in strasburg, at the meeting of the european parliament. i asked her how efficient this long phase out will be yeah,

the commission president was the laugh on the line said that i will repeat it because it's important. she that your plans to you are that you commission proposes to face out accrued all within 6 month and a refined old by the end of the year. so it's a long traditional period. so some time for you members, states to repair and am would be hearing from the commission from you. officials is that to you, countries will be given even more time or namely hungary in slovakia, maybe even a year or longer to face out a russian oil because otherwise they would probably not agree to this deal because they're heavily ra reliance on russian oil. so is as efficient a we, we don't know, and they're just very different opinions on this matter. of course that you commission says, clearly yes, we don't, they don't know how russia, how vladimir putin or will it react because he's clearly unpredictable. that's what you kamisha says, what, what we're hearing from emmy piece. what many of them said this morning is that there's a fear that with, because of the ban of russia fresh in oil in europe,

prices could rise in europe and also all over the world. and that could mean that russia could sell its oil to other bidders to other countries for a very high price, and still a, make a lot of revenues. but that's one of the reasons why that you is not face is set for is not like ending a russian oil immediately. but that's the reason that it was left underlying give, gave for this long transitional period of underline also propose some other sanctions. can you tell us more about those? yes, there are namely 4 or 5 other points that she mentioned this morning. and one of the most important points is appoints, is that the largest russian bank, the spare bank will be de swift as so taken off of this international, a financial transaction a to will also to other russian banks will be targeted. then are also important as the commission proposes to target

a military officials that were involved in the atrocities in boucher and in maria pool. then the commission wants to ban 3 more russian media that and they blame them for a spreading fake news and misinformation. we haven't got the names yet, but are still waiting for it. and then they will also targets consultants are russian that european consultants, the hell a vice russian companies. or i marina, as briefly, this is only a proposal. when will all this be decided? if the eo council said that you members state that will now have to decide and with the law sanction packages, it always took a 48 hours a few days. so it's likely that it will be the same amount of time again or i, let's crossed him is a bag palace now outside berlin, where german coalition leaders are giving the outcomes of their to day cabinet retreats.

miss with the kimberly. with wouldn't want to be to my left, says mr. lindman wanted me to undo cabinet space would enter glendon or to hear the cabinet retreat that we had held in the palace yesterday. and today was very successful. we've discussed many of the issues that important to us, particularly those that refer to the turning point in history. that is the lesson aggression in ukraine. we have debated at length about the question of the political consequences, particularly regarding our cooperation in europe. yesterday. we had a very good conversation with the prime minister of sweden and finland about the

questions that emerged from the change state of affairs here in europe for various reasons. one thing is clear europe needs. it will grow together much more closely. we need to have a strong europe that works together with our trans atlantic. relationship with nato has become more important as well. and we want to ensure that this security is something that we can achieve together. our contribution is close cooperation with our partners. it is also having a special fund for the german armed forces to bundle with which we want to ensure that our armed forces are well equipped in the years to come. which is connected to the decision to ensure that 2 percent of our g p will be spent on the armed forces in moving forward. an important contribution for germany that many other countries in the world will also be contributing to we heard from our scandinavian colleagues

an item about this, and we know that the germ decision has made an impact on their decision was oh, the one thing that's clear from the change state of affairs is that the to put in has got it completely wrong with his of a quarter till attack on ukraine, because what he has achieved is a stronger nato deco organs. it's one from vishal, had a stronger security organization in the eastern was the, become nato's dates as well. what is it also versus you had is and, and a european union that has organ to join forces closed ranks along with many other countries in the world as well. we have a unified sanction package on the 15th to show russia that it needs to end this war a package of sanctions that will find massively impact on the russian economy. and we have close forces with smith was to close ranks, rather ensuring that ukraine receives deliveries of military support and financial

support which germany continues to contribute to you. but with the decisions that seem appropriate to us. we'll look at the time. this also is what we debated about language. we also talked about the consequences. this will have for our own country . we know all too well that there are many, many people who because of this war have fled ukraine. there are millions who are displaced within ukraine. but millions who have actually left the ukraine's borders and many of these will have arrived in the home eastern european countries, particularly in poland after that, which has contributed very significantly to this visit. but many of arrived in germany as well. we know that there are several hundreds of thousands who have registered in our office of foreigners here, but we know that there will be more and linda pushed in. and this is why we've agreed with the federal states about arnold. we want to tackle this issue,

and one of the major challenges that we have to face is how we can manage to give perspectives to those who want to stay long term. and how can we help those who want to go back soon possible to have a good time here, what and find what they need, whether here. but we have looked at the legal ramifications and how we can offer greater security for them, how we can integrate them in our employment authority, so that they get support in on the job centers, et cetera. so that we can sure that those who do want to stay here long term can be well integrated in that to our society. a major challenge for our lawmakers, as you can imagine, whole question of integrating them into the labor market or integrating them into child care. the children integrating them into schools. the question of how we can integrate them bassinger into our academic and extra university scientific landscape. but with things that we discussed with coordinated our work,

it was important to have enough time to discuss these issues at length. it's also clear that the changes that we are confronted with now, because of the new framework conditions for globalization because of the requirements that arise from the coven 19 pandemic. and the many economic recovery programs that have been set in motion across the world to have changed because of the ukraine in the war in ukraine. gotcha, for sure, for all of this will have a major impact on the global economies in a mice. and we have to understand how this will impact on us. we are perhaps the country with the greatest connections as an export to an importer of goods servicelive. moodle sometimes thought if we want to remain in this position, we want to focus on germany as an industrial location. and we also want to ensure that we can achieve a 0 carbon uconn me as soon as possible. so these were the challenges that we were

discussing in our discussions. we had to have researchers who shared their views with us. i think everyone found it helpful. you can talk to them just to get this information and to help us make the decisions we make every day just how important the question of the war was like, can be seen. if you look at the cabinet meeting we had today, we looked at the question of experts coming to us from russia and who have worked closely together with companies in germany. we talked about the global food crisis as well. wonderful cookies, which has emerged from the crisis and ukraine. we know that both ukraine and russia were major exporters of wheat in the past. and we know that the food security for many countries in the world depends on these exports. thus, those countries who are facing a food crisis need our support at this time. and naturally,

we also talked about all of the draft laws that we are trying to put in place that are necessary so that we can achieve the independence from fossil inputs from russia that we want to achieve. this includes the l n g acceleration act with that we discussed again over the last few days. and by monday, we want to have a final decision made in cabinet so that this can be debated in the parliamentary groups and lead for the past into law. before the summer break. i did the good stuff and we have also looked at the work that is necessary will be to implement a sanction angle to for all of those who are beneficiaries of hooton's, russia so that we can be successful in our sanctioned efforts. so you can see that all of these issues are closely linked, and that is why it is important that we as a government have talked about all of these issues that long and hard, i think on

a human level and that we are very close. that's something that so special about this coalition, and i think this is a cabinet retreat, has meant that we've had an opportunity to really get down to work on some of the pressing issues together and on the basis of solidarity are just 2 more things i'd like to add because it so for your help, they lead to decisions in the cabinet today. one is the question of our future center for german unity in european transformation. this was something i pushed for very much in a previous life if you like. namely engaging with a question more german unification lilith's and following the recommendation of the commission of the last period. we want to have this rec center. so to set apple and going through and for that, we discussed some of the parameters that are necessary for this to, to get under way to, to combine nimble so that eastern germany to cities and towns can apply for the

headquarters of this. and so we talk, treat, and okay, and with war and bond of wage being waged in europe once again, it's worth all the more important that the ministers of culture got to put forward a bunch of us from the 2nd world war and german occupation documentation center for europe was supposed to normal and this was proposed and has been approved was want this to be established as well. and i think now is the right time to do this. after all, there is war in europe once again. and it is all the more important that we critically engage with or to from the remembrance of german responsibility for 2nd world war and the impact of the german occupation and the destruction that we are committed by to. these are issues that need to be disgusted, and we need to have the necessary research and documentation in a center for so i am grateful once again for the good cooperation that is achieved

in this cabinet retreat and very much look forward to making progress on these points him, thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. perhaps i can just follow on from what the german chancellor has just said 5 months ago as a government, we launched a project that was very much of horses aborted to them by every one. namely, daring more progress on n, v, the coven pandemic came back with a vengeance. then the war began in ukraine and everything that's happened since then has been a major challenge for germany, for our allies, for our partners in europe. almost when it's not just for us here in germany, and there's no point mincing our words, sierra to mac, it's a mood, wasn't a mood that was lifted just wanted to follow up on in the last few months. this is been a matter of focusing and mental, deep awareness of the fact that we are experiencing a historical moment that we need to survive as a government, as germany, as you are. the cabinet meetings that we had before in the coalition. meetings were

very focused on garage, there was never enough time to really formulate your thought properly. you always had to be very brief. we stormed in said, what we have to say stormed out, went back to i ministry. so it was great to have time. and i would say it was actually really important to have the kind of time that we just had in the last 2 days on to get a sense of the bigger picture to look out where we are and where we're, where we're headed. and that's what happened, this cabinet retreat was very much defined by the situation we find ourselves in the bundle, terrible seriousness of the our, the awareness at every decision we make can happen, major implants, but all the same, to have a bit more time to ask questions. to think and in a bit more detail about things to think about the bigger picture and oscar mom, that was what was so important in this cabinet retreat. home is over. i can't say that we were back to the uplifted spirit. we were in the begin.