Support in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition for Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is “slipping,”
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Support in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition for Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is “slipping,” Bloomberg reports from Berlin. Citing “growing skepticism among German officials,” the report says: “The shift could translate into pressure on Merkel’s government to back down on the controversial pipeline and possibly delay its implementation.” Nils Schmid, the Social Democratic party’s point man for foreign policy, says the pipeline should not advance until Russia and Ukraine reach a gas transit accord. Contributing to ‘critical’ debate in Germany was Russia’s attack six weeks ago on three Ukrainian Navy ships near the Kerch Strait.