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Fridays for Future wants to protest against plans by the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to support the completion of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline with a foundation.
It sounds like a bad joke that the state government wants to promote construction with a climate protection foundation, said the climate protection movement on Monday.
Accordingly, protests are planned for Tuesday in front of the SPD party headquarters in Berlin, in front of the State Chancellery in Schwerin and in front of the pipeline landing station in Lubmin.
Last week, the Schwerin state parliament paved the way for the establishment of a state-owned environmental foundation.
The foundation, which is oriented towards the common good, aims to promote projects in the field of environmental, nature and climate protection, but also to be able to be commercially active.
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The foundation plans to buy components and machines that are essential for the completion of the gas pipeline.
This is intended to circumvent threatened US sanctions against companies involved in the construction of the line as far as possible.
Natural gas is extremely harmful to the climate and studies have shown that Nord Stream 2 is not necessary to meet Europe's energy needs, according to the Fridays for Future announcement.
Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD), on the other hand, presented gas as a necessary transition technology for the energy transition.
Schwesig also experiences headwinds from his own party.
Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas was skeptical about the establishment of a foundation in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
“It is a decision that was made in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
It is not a decision of the federal government, ”said the SPD politician on Monday during a visit to Cairo.
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Maas made it clear that he was still hoping for an amicable settlement with Washington.
In the new “sanctions regime” on Nord Stream 2, a “consultation mechanism” is foreseen.
"Before the sanctions are implemented, there will be consultations with the government." It is important to speak to one another "to look for solutions that are acceptable to both sides".
The construction of the gas pipeline, which according to the state government costs around 11 billion euros, was interrupted shortly before completion at the end of 2019 after European companies bowed to pressure from the USA and pipe-laying ships pulled out of the Baltic Sea.