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It is good that Germany has started discussing the future of Nord Stream 2, said Danish head of government Mette Frederiksen. Denmark was the last country to allow the installation of Russian gas pipelines in its waters.
The more critical attitude of the German government towards the completion of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the beginning of serious discussions on this issue are positive factors, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in an interview with Ritzau, cited by Kristeligt Dagblad.
According to the prime minister, she “has always been against” this gas pipeline. Frederiksen said he saw no reason to become dependent on Russian gas.
Denmark became the last country to approve the laying of Nord Stream 2 in its territorial waters, this happened in October 2019. In the context of the United States sanctions against companies associated with the laying of the pipeline, Danish Energy Agency July 6, 2020 allowed to complete “Nord Stream – 2” with the help of boats with anchor positioning.
Nord Stream 2 is a gas pipeline that is supposed to connect Russia with Germany along the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The length of the route is more than 1200 km, the capacity of the new gas pipeline will be 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year. The cost of the project is around € 9.9 billion, it is financed in half by the Russian “Gazprom” and five European companies: Anglo-Dutch Shell, German Wintershall and Uniper, French Engie and Austrian OMV.
Authorities in the USA, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia consider “Nord Stream 2” a threat to Europe’s energy security.
Construction of the gas pipeline has been frozen as the US imposed sanctions on European contractors involved in the project in December 2019. Immediately after this, the Swiss company Allseas suspended construction work on Nord Stream 2 and removed its vessels. laying of pipes from the Baltic Sea. Gazprom announced Project Completion Russian pipe tending.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel claimed on September 1 that Nord Stream 2 would be completed despite threats from the US.… On September 8, he said that he would coordinate any action against Russia in connection with the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with European partners, but I have not decided yet if any actions will be affected construction of a gas pipeline against Moscow.
On September 11, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said that construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline could be frozen in response to the Navalny poisoning.
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