Germany has suspended the approval process for Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in response to Moscow's recognition of separatist regions in Ukraine
It's a 1,230-kilometer-long natural gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea, running from Russia to Germany's Baltic coast.It runs parallel to an earlier Nord Stream pipeline and would double its capacity, to 110 billion cubic meters of gas a year. It means Gazprom can send gas to Europe's pipeline system without using existing pipelines running through Ukraine and Poland.
The pipeline has been filled with gas but had been awaiting approval by Germany and the European Commission.Germany's utility regulator was reviewing the pipeline for compliance with European regulations on fair competition. It's that approval process thatGermany was required to submit a report on how the pipeline would affect energy security, and Scholz said that report was being withdrawn.
The chancellor said Tuesday that Russia recognizing the independence of rebel-held areas in Ukraine marked a “serious break of international law” and that it was necessary to “send a clear signal to Moscow that such actions won’t remain without consequences.
when it was almost complete in return for an agreement from Germany to take action against Russia if it used gas as a weapon or attacks Ukraine. In Congress, Republicans and Democrats — in a rare bit of agreement — have long objected to Nord Stream 2.No. Even before Scholz's move, regulators made clear the approval process could not be completed in the first half of the year. That means the pipeline was not going to help meet heating and electricity needs this winter as the
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