Habeck recalled that the commissioning of the new gas pipeline has not yet been approved.
Berlin
German the future Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habeck (Green) estimates on Tuesday that the commissioning of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline could still be considered for political consideration.
Habeck noted that the commissioning of the gas pipeline has not yet been approved. The German authorities suspended the approval process in November.
Habeck noted that an investigation into the conditions for deployment is underway.
According to him, it is certain that discussions on the “foreign policy situation in Ukraine” and the “European possibility to prevent the situation from escalating” will continue.
From the outset, Ukraine has strongly opposed a new gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, fearing it will lose payments as a transit country. In addition, Ukraine has long warned that Russia will use the gas pipeline for political pressure.
Russian the concentration of troops near the Ukrainian border has also heated up the gas pipeline debate in Germany.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the President of the United States Joe Biden discuss the inflamed situation on Tuesday by video link.
The question of the political significance of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was raised at a press conference by the leaders of the parties forming the future German government in Berlin on Tuesday.
Future Chancellor, representing the demarches Olaf Scholz was content to say that the future government is following the situation in Ukraine with great concern.
He said he was in close transatlantic contact on the issue and said he had gone through the situation as well Angela Merkelin with. Merkel is still German Chancellor for a while.
Scholz said that inviolability of borders is important and that violation would have consequences.
He also said he considered it important that Ukraine remained a gas transit country. The future German government has emphasized compliance with European energy law in new energy projects.
The SPD, which won the German election, the Liberals and the Greens signed a new government deal on Tuesday. The German Bundestag will vote on a new federal chancellor on Wednesday, and the government will take office.
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