Onshore facilities at the gas distribution center of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Germany. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 21The Prime Minister of the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Manuela Schwesig, at a reception by the Eastern Committee of the German Economy, advocated the speedy certification of Nord Stream 2, writes Zeit. In her opinion, Berlin should focus on «critical dialogue and economic interaction with Russia.» I am firmly convinced that we urgently need this pipeline across the Baltic Sea,» Schwesig stressed. The prime minister of the federal state stressed that Russian gas supplies will allow Germany to make the transition to renewable energy sources. «Gas is needed as an energy source, at least for the transition to renewable energy sources energy in order to have grounds for abandoning nuclear and coal energy,» the politician concluded. According to the newspaper, the head of the committee, Oliver Hermes, compared Schwesig during a debate on this topic with his colleagues «a rock under the blows of the waves.» In Germany, they told how Burbock «changed her shoes» in the issue of p Russian gas The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with a capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year will be stretched along the bottom of the Baltic Sea to Germany. The procedure for its certification was temporarily suspended, since the regulator considered it necessary to create an enterprise in Germany — a «daughter» of Nord Sream 2 AG, which, according to European law, must submit a new application for certification. The process was suspended under the influence of the United States, which wants to use Nord Stream — 2″ as a lever of pressure on Russia in the aggravated situation around Ukraine. Moscow, in turn, has repeatedly urged not to politicize the situation around the gas pipeline and emphasized that this is an exclusively commercial project, beneficial not only to Moscow, but also to the European Union. » />The Ambassador of Ukraine demanded that Germany abandon Nord Stream 2″
