Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel stands by Russia pipeline that US opposes
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that she isn’t abandoning a German-Russian gas pipeline project that faces US sanctions, although it’s likely to be an irritant in generally improved relations with the new administration.
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which would bring Russian gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea, faces bipartisan opposition in the United States.
Washington has said that the project would make Europe more dependent on Russian gas and hurt European energy security.
