Former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder, criticized for his links to Russia, will have to give up his office at the Bundestag and also faced calls from the EU Parliament on Thursday to be sanctioned. A German parliamentary budget committee ruled he must give up his office, according to dpa political sources, but the 78-year-old will continue to receive a pension and personal protection. Under fire for his business and political ties to Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, Schröder was chancellor from 1998 to 2005 before working for the pipeline company Nord Stream and Russia’s gas giant…