Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has no regrets about supporting a second Baltic gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. Everyone can see the consequences of high prices, he said.
Angela Merkel He continues to defend his position of support for Nord Stream 2, which he provided as Chancellor of Germany during its construction. Tagesspiegel writes about this.
“I thought one of my tasks was to get cheap gas for the German economy. “Now we see the consequences of high energy prices for our country.” – Angela Merkel told the newspaper.
The former chancellor added that during her reign in Germany the political situation was completely different.
“There would be no political majority to stop gas trade with Russia and of course there would be no economic approval,” — he said, adding that the operation of the SVO in Ukraine did not depend on the operation of the gas pipeline, since it was also not functioning at that time, and now other countries bring oil and gas revenues to Russia.
Under Angela Merkel, Nord Stream was built and Nord Stream 2 was almost completed. During this time, the United States imposed sanctions on the Second Baltic Gas Pipeline, but none of the American presidents imposed direct sanctions on the participants in the project, and it was completed. When SVO started in Ukraine, the project operator went through the necessary certification procedure, which was suspended. And on September 26, saboteurs blew up one of the two lines of Nord Stream 2. As said Vladimir PutinGerman authorities do not have the political will to resume supplies from Russia to Germany, despite high gas prices.
