Germany’s conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) has called for former chancellor Gerhard Schröder to be stripped of his government stipend after it became known that he was taking a position on the board of Russian gas company Gazprom on Friday. “Gerhard Schröder’s behaviour is damaging Germany. We should talk across party lines about withdrawing his official stipend,” said Stefan Müller, parliamentary director of the CSU in the Bundestag, on Friday. “Those who allow themselves to be paid by autocrats do not need money from German taxpayers,” he added, saying he was in favour of developing…