Controversial Baltic Sea Pipeline: Armin Laschet and Olaf Scholz want to close Nord Stream 2 if necessary

Union and Chancellor Candidates SPD Russians want gas delivery through the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 2 under pressure Ukraine Wait again. when the Russian president Vladimir Putin If you don’t follow the rules and use the project against Ukraine, “you can stop it at any time, even if the pipeline is ready,” said the union candidate for chancellor. armin lashet on one of the Saturdays ard And the Munich Security Conference organized a discussion of chancellor candidates.

Then the “commercial basis” for German approval of the project would no longer apply. The SPD candidate for chancellor said, “The gas transit to Ukraine and the loss of safety have consequences for the possible transit of the then-completed pipeline.” Olaf Scholzo. Both called the pipeline an economic matter and called for the completion of the nearly billion-dollar project.

In contrast, the Green Chancellor candidate declined. Annalena Berbock Completion of pipeline. Putin’s calculation is to build pipelines first and then pressure the West with reliance on Russian gas and Ukraine.

The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is expected to bring more Russian gas to Western Europe. both Eastern European countries and America The project has been criticized.

Chancellor candidate agrees: EU foreign policy veto ends by 2025

In addition, the chancellor candidates of the Union, the Greens and the SPD agreed that the veto power of the 27 member states in EU foreign policy should be reversed by 2025. Both Scholz and Laschet said the transition to a majority vote without changes to the EU treaty would be possible if all 27 EU governments agreed. But there are doubts about it as some EU states have already refused.

Furthermore, Scholz stood a step behind the chancellor. Angela Merkel and the President of France Emmanuel Macron one for the European UnionRussia-Summit. The Treasury Secretary told that the US President also Joe Biden Speak directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Bairbock accused the Union and the SPD of placing too much emphasis on economic considerations in foreign policy. you have people Hong Kong Let it stand in the rain. Forced labor products are not allowed to be imported into the EU.