“The statement is absolutely correct. Because today, after the unprecedented pressure of the United States in the person of the State Department, the Treasury, the US Department of Energy, they began to threaten directly the participants in this project. That caused huge indignation among the representatives of the companies. And many of them have already turned to the leaderships of their countries, ”Chepa said.
The deputy noted that "there is a direct appeal to Berlin and Brussels" with a request to give a political assessment of the US actions.
“Moreover, the Americans stated in their threats that the continuation of the work of these European companies poses a threat to the Transatlantic Treaty. That is, there is already direct political blackmail. And this evokes a serious and quite natural response from European companies, ”he added.
Earlier, the head of OMV called for a response to the US threats to Nord Stream 2.
According to him, we are talking about how exactly Europe will defend its sovereignty, especially on the issue of energy supply.