According to Gutenev, this is a "long overdue question" that Brussels bureaucrats were afraid to approach, because "the fear for a personal career exceeded the sense of responsibility as officials."
“But now it has become absolutely obvious that we are talking about slaughtering the European economy for the sake of the economic and political interests of the United States. I think that the voice of Germany will be absolutely not alone. I think that it will be very actively supported by the old, economically strong Europe, ”the deputy stressed.
According to the parliamentarian, "this consolidation of European economic and political interests" will indirectly serve to restore international law.
“And it will help the implementation of purely economic, by no means political, including energy, projects between Russia and the countries of the European Union,” concluded Gutenev.
Earlier, Ederer announced the preparation in the EU of a mechanism to combat sanctions against Nord Stream 2.
He added that the common position of the alliance was formulated by EU High Representative Josep Borrell, who called the US sanctions against Nord Stream 2 contrary to international law.
On August 6, US senators sent a letter to the operator of the German port of Sassnitz calling for an end to work to support the construction of Nord Stream 2.
The Bundestag noted that the threats of American senators can be viewed as a new stage in the escalation of the geopolitical conflict between the United States and Europe.