“The Federal Grid Agency of Germany must study the certification of the pipeline by January 2022.

After that, the European Commission has four more months to give its verdict, ”the Izvestia newspaper quotes Ernst.

In turn, the deputy from the party "Alternative for Germany" Jan Nolte agreed with the forecasts for the certification of the gas pipeline.

Earlier, the Eastern Committee of the Federal Republic of Germany said that it would be completely counterproductive to slow down the launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline for political reasons.