The German government does not intend to sanction Russia with gas.
The hypothesis of freezing the Nord Stream 2 project, mentioned by Angela Merkel the day after the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, is no longer on the agenda of the EU presidency, as unveiled by Berlin.
Now that political emotion has subsided, the supporters of this gas pipeline intended to supply Germany with Russian gas are giving their voice back.
"It is problematic to question every month projects designed to last several decades"
, defended in the
Handelsblatt
, the Minister of the Economy Peter Altmaier, member of the CDU.
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For his social-democratic finance colleague, Olaf Scholz, Europe is not particularly dependent on Russian gas.
"It is also dependent on the Netherlands or deposits of the North Sea"
, minimized the head of the SPD, adding that Nord Stream II was a
"private"
project
in
which the Germans participate in particular Wintershall and Uniper.
For the government
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