Nord Stream II, the thorn in Germany's side
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With the planned cessation of coal and nuclear exploitation, Germany does not want to give up on the basic needs of its industry.
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By: David Philippot
4 min
Among the sensitive issues of geopolitics in Europe, there is the economic-diplomatic quagmire in which Germany is entangled with the Nord Stream II gas pipeline.
Its construction at the bottom of the Baltic is more than 95% complete, but the end of the work is not guaranteed.
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It is a thorny subject in its relations with the United States which threaten Berlin with sanctions.
A subject of tensions also with its European partners, particularly in the East, who are particularly opposed to this project which deprives them of significant financial resources.
In the midst of the energy revolution, with the programmed cessation of coal and nuclear exploitation, Europe's largest economy does not want to give up on the basic needs of its industry.
Report in an industrial area located in the Saxony-Anhalt region, in eastern Germany.
The Leuna industrial park produces 12 million tonnes of goods every year.
It is the largest site in Germany for the production of chemicals with an area of 1,300 hectares.
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