“Americans act outside the provisions of international law by imposing extraterritorial sanctions. The EU must respond more clearly, ”Ernst quotes Interfax.
He emphasized that "it is not good for the Americans to prescribe Europe how to pursue an energy policy," and noted that "Americans have no right to threaten European enterprises."
At the same time, he said that he did not know whether Washington would adopt new sanctions, but the pipeline, he said, would be completed and put into operation.
“I think that Russia has such opportunities, although it will require more time and will be more expensive. I think it will be done, ”Ernst said.
Earlier, the Handelsblatt newspaper, citing diplomatic circles in Washington, wrote that the United States intends to impose new sanctions on Nord Stream 2.
At the end of 2019, Washington announced sanctions against the gas pipeline project. In Austria, they stated that they reject US extraterritorial sanctions against Nord Stream 2, which helps diversify Europe’s energy supply.