#Germany's position fluctuates#. German Economy Minister Robert Hubbeck said Germany would consider the risks posed by the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline to Energy Supply in Germany and across Europe and would make a final decision.
"We will have to re-examine whether the interconnection of Nord Stream-2 and all gas facilities in the Baltic Sea will make the geostrategic energy supply in Germany and Europe more fragile and fragile, and we will do so," Hubbeck said on Wednesday (23rd). ”
The day before, German Chancellor Olaf Schultz said he had instructed the Economy Ministry to revoke the pipeline report already issued by the federal Grid Authority regulator, so the certification process is now suspended.
The 750-mile pipeline was completed last September, but has not yet received final certification from German regulators. Otherwise, natural gas would not have been able to flow from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea pipeline.
Since the announcement of the Nord Stream-2 pipeline in 2015, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ukraine and several EU countries have opposed the laying of the pipeline, warning that the project will increase Moscow's influence in Europe.
Nord Stream-2 delivers 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Germany per year. That's more than 50 percent of Germany's annual consumption and could be worth as much as $15 billion for Gazprom, the Russian state-owned company that controls pipelines. headline hot list #专家解读: Russia and Ukraine are still in the tentative stage #
