Feb.6 (EIRNS) — Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder again defended the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia, telling Phoenix TV: “We already have Nord Stream 1, which transports 55 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. And we need the second line…. It is clear that we should place our bet on renewable sources. However, there won’t be enough of them in the foreseeable future to provide our economy with energy at an affordable price,” he said. “During the period of transition, lasting 10, 20 or 30 years—no one can say for sure—we will be in need of gas, the only reasonable and environmentally pure traditional source of energy.”
He also said: “It seems to me that there is too much ideology here,” he said, and that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project should not be linked to the situation surrounding blogger Alexey Navalny. “Why is a connection drawn between issues that are not related to each other? What can be in common between Nord Stream 2 and the Navalny case?” he asked rhetorically, describing the approach as a mistake.
