Washington and Brussels see Nord Stream 2 as a bargaining chip in dialogue with Moscow and are forcing Berlin to delay the certification of the pipeline. This opinion is published by the Wasington Post.
“The situation around Nord Stream 2 is confusing. And the consequences of the diplomatic, political and economic decisions taken in relation to him are enormous, ”the article says.
Author Anthony Fayola notes that among Western countries, Germany is most interested in launching a gas pipeline. If the project is frozen, the new German government risks causing discontent among industrialists relying on inexpensive natural gas.
The EU and the US, in turn, want to leave Nord Stream 2 as a weapon in the fight against a hypothetical Russian invasion of Ukraine, the journalist continues.
At present, the Germans "have done what their bureaucracy is best at - they won time thanks to red tape," Fayola sums up, adding that Berlin hopes for a solution to the crisis in relations between the Russian Federation and the West.
Olaf Scholz, previously recently elected Chancellor of Germany, called the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline an exclusively economic project.
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