Opening of Nord Stream 2 blocked? The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is not exempt from EU rules requiring owners of pipelines to be different from the suppliers of the gas that flows in them to ensure fair competition, the Duesseldorf Hi... #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
The chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee joined counterparts from European parliaments, opposing the US-Germany agreement to allow completion of the Nord Stream 2 undersea gas pipeline. “We consider Nord Stream 2 a geopolitical project geared towards expanding Russia’s influence on Europe by dominating the energy market,... #Germany #nordstream2 #USsenate
Yesterday, Russia went on a charm offensive, talking up the new US-Germany accord that gives a flashing green light to Nord Stream 2. “Gazprom has always stressed its readiness to continue gas transit through Ukraine, including after 2024, based on economic feasibility,” Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said, TASS reported. “The matter of ... #Gazprom #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
In Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters that if Russia tried to use the pipeline as a weapon, “we are not without any tools to do something. ” However, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Germany negotiators blocked “a U.S. request for a so-called kill-switch clause, enabling Berlin to suspend gas flows in the event of Russian ... #AngelaMerkel #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Annalena Baerbock, the Green Party candidate to succeed Merkel in Germany’s September 27 national election, told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that the agreement is “not a solution, especially not for security in Ukraine.” #AnnalenaBaerbock #Germany #nordstream2
The Wall Street Journal editorializes: “The deal with Germany is embarrassing in its weakness. In a joint U.S.-German statement on Wednesday, Berlin pledges to impose sanctions in the future ‘should Russia attempt to use energy as a weapon or commit further aggressive acts against Ukraine.’ We ... #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Calling the Russia-Germany line, “the Molotov-Ribbentrop gas pipeline,” Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, international business editor of London’s Daily Telegraph, mocks Washington’s assertion that the US-Germany deal will not allow the Krem... #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Timothy Ash, the London-based strategist for Bluebay Asset Management Company, asks: “Really does anyone believe that Germany will immediately suspend all gas delivery from Nord Stream 2 if Russia cuts flows thru Ukraine?” #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Germany and the US unveiled their compromise on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline yesterday, eliciting a wave of criticism from German Greens and US Republicans. Critics complained of a lack of language specifying when and how Germany would take the costly move of shutting down the pipeline t... #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Although the pipeline is 98% complete, a bipartisan group of Washington lawmakers told Politico that they are considering blocking must-pass appropriations legislation this fall if the Biden administration continues to withhold sanctions o... #Germany #nordstream2 #NordStream2completion #RussianGasPipeline
In a setback for Russia’s gas pipelines to Germany, Europe’s top court yesterday ruled that Gazprom must cut in half its gas volumes through Nord Stream 1 to German’s OPAL pipeline. The pipeline which runs from the Baltic to the German-Czech border, Reuters reports from Brussels. Under the EU’s Third Energy Package, the other half of Nord Stream 1 must be allocated to other shipp... #Germany #NordStream #RussianGasforEU #RussianGasPipeline
US and Germany are working to draw up a deal to shore up Ukraine’s energy sector to blunt the impact of Nord Stream 2 , Bloomberg reports from Berlin and Washington. Elements could include: building up a hydrogen production industry in Ukraine; requiring Russia to keep minimum gas flows across Ukraine through the 202... #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
With a high-level German delegation meeting Biden Administration officials in Washington this week, the Senators told reporters in Kyiv that they will continue to try to block the Russia-Germany gas line. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, said the pipeline licensing process and the ... #Germany #JoeBiden #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
