... Special Military Operation in Ukraine in 2022 prompted Berlin and Brussels to change their positions: Germany froze
the certification of the pipeline
. On September 26, 2022, as a result of sabotage, three of the four threads of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 projects
were blown up.
The perpetrators of the sabotage were not found.
Meanwhile, against the background of the SMO, Russian gas supplies to the EU have noticeably decreased, while supplies from the United States
have increased.
This happened not only because of sanctions and sabotage against Nord Stream, but also due to the general EU policy to reduce consumption of Russian ...
... the supervisory board of Nord Stream,
Gerhard Schröder,
or
Nils Schmid
, the vice-chairman of the SPD group in the Bundestag. As the German Chancellor begins her final year in office, the future of the project has never been so uncertain.
What is Nord Stream 2?
Nord Stream is a setup of gas pipelines that would allow Germany to be supplied with Russian natural gas via the Baltic Sea. The first two pipelines were
inaugurated in 2011
and are known under the name “Nord Stream 1.”
The Nord Stream 2 project for the construction of two ...
....-Russia rivalry agenda. However, executive authorities have not yet implemented sec.235 against Russian pipeline projects, where Nord Stream 2 (NS2) is of paramount importance. One of the reasons could be a concern with the position of Berlin, which has repeatedly ... ... discontent with the U.S. sanctions. Indeed, they benefit from the project. Russia has agreed to preserve a considerable part of its gas transit via Ukraine — this has been one of the key demands to support the project. The European Union has never invited ...
... money into Ukraine, so the country does not have the resources to continue the war in Donbass.
On occasion, both of these versions can be heard from politicians during a single speech. It is important to understand here that Gazprom intends to supply gas via Nord Stream 2 that it is already selling to European consumers and which does not travel through Ukraine. So, the construction of the pipeline cannot negatively impact competition on the European gas market, nor can it affect Poland in an adverse manner....
