B92 - Punishing Russia could hurt Europe, says Kouchner

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French FM Bernard Kouchner believes that sanctions against Russia could prove too costly for the EU. In an interview with Newsweek, he wondered, "What sanctions do you want against the country supplying you? You want us to cut off its atmospheric gases?" Russia supplies one third of Europe's oil and gas demand, and Kouchner said that a reaction to this dominance could be "solidarity among consumers". "One reaction could be a European gas-buying unit, meaning solidarity among consumers. That's a priority of the French EU presidency. We're working on it." But he rejected calls for economic sanctions to be introduced against Moscow.