According to the deputy, the project is important for the energy security of Germany, and attempts to “torpedo” its implementation should have forced the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel to stand up for him.
“In 2018, Ms. Merkel made it very clear that Nord Stream 2 is a purely bilateral economic project between Germany and Russia that is not subject to EU law,” Kotre told RIA Novosti.
He stressed that now the United States has managed to link Nord Stream 2 “with Ukraine destabilized by them”
“Under US pressure, the federal government submitted to this economic attack and surrendered,” the politician said, stressing that Ukraine’s stability “has nothing to do with other economic projects.”
In December, it became known that Washington was going to achieve the imposition of sanctions against European companies that are involved in the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 project.
US Senator Chris Murphy said the US Senate intends to soon pass a bill aimed at combating Russia's energy influence in Europe.
As the representative of the German Ministry of Economy noted, the German government is following discussions in the United States on plans to impose sanctions against those participating in the Nord Stream 2 project and rejects extraterritorial sanctions by Washington.