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Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to talk to the new US government about the controversial Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 2.
"But then we also have to talk about which economic relations in the gas sector with Russia are acceptable and which are not," said the CDU politician on Thursday in Berlin.
She pointed out that the US also had trade relations with Russia in the oil sector.
“That means we have to put everything on the table.” You have to talk about whether you no longer want to trade with Russia in the gas sector or what dependency is tolerable.
However, her basic attitude towards Nord Stream 2 has "not yet changed to the point where I say the project should not exist", stressed Merkel.
The arrest of the Russian opposition politician Alexej Navalny does not change this either.
Merkel demanded the immediate release of Navalny by the Russian authorities.
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Merkel again criticized the US sanctions imposed on Nord Stream 2.
The USA accuses Germany of making Europe, with the almost completed pipeline between Russia and Germany, too dependent on Russian energy supplies.