Sanctioned Nord Stream 2 Faces Another Risk: Germany’s Greens
- Green Party’s surge, Merkel’s exit poses a threat to pipeline
- U.S. looks at sanctions to halt project under new White House
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U.S sanctions won’t be the thing to stop the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline being built. The challenge of whether it will ever be used lies with the shifting German political sands favoring a Green government.
The Biden administration is weighing further sanctions on the almost completed pipeline, that will run natural gas from Russia to Germany, even as construction is due to restart in Danish waters.