Dürr: Opening Nord Stream 2 would send the wrong signal
Created: 08/19/2022, 10:49 am
FDP faction leader Christian Dürr speaks in Berlin.
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FDP parliamentary group leader Christian Dürr has rejected the demand by party leader Wolfgang Kubicki for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to be opened in the Baltic Sea.
“In these weeks we are discussing intensively how to avert the impending energy crisis in winter.
As the FDP parliamentary group, we have made a number of proposals in this regard.
The commissioning of Nord Stream 2 is not one of them," Dürr told the German Press Agency on Friday.
Berlin - The opening of the pipeline from Russia to Western Pomerania "would send the wrong signal to our European partners".
On the other hand, it would be right to extend the service life of the three remaining nuclear power plants as a first step, Dürr demanded.
"That would significantly ease the situation on the energy market and would also be an important sign of solidarity with our European neighbors," he said.
Kubicki had demanded: "We should open Nord Stream 2 as soon as possible to fill our gas storage tanks for the winter".
He told the editorial network Germany (RND/Friday) that there was “no good reason not to open Nord Stream 2”.
If Russia's President Vladimir Putin then stops supplying gas, Germany has lost nothing.
"If more gas reaches us in this way, perhaps even the entire contractually guaranteed quantity, that will help people not have to freeze in winter and our industry will not suffer serious damage," emphasized Kubicki.
Ensuring this is the top priority of the federal government.
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