Former German Chancellor Merkel was not a climate science denier per se, but she acted like one by makingt the German economy addicted to Russian methane so that's all that really matters to me.
New reporting indicates that Angela Merkel was aware of Russia's intention to reduce gas supply to blackmail Europe to speed up the Nord Stream 2 pipeline launch but concealed the information, German media outlet Handelsblatt reported on June 6, citing classified documents it had obtained.
#DEpol #Merkel #Scholz #Gabriel #NordStream2 #EnergyWars
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Oh, absolutely not, you are right. It seems that too many luminaries of the two big #German parties were involved in the #Russian #FossilFuel Bermuda Triangle.
Take this interview with #SigmarGabriel before the #Russian mass invasion. He, one of the paragon of Social-Democracy took an utterly freeemarket-deregulation stance worthy of the Liberals #ChristianLindner, #FDP.
TBH, there is...
#DEpol #Merkel #Scholz #Gabriel #NordStream2 #EnergyWars
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...something rotten in the state of Denmark, it seems:
"*#Europe must have the right to decide its #energy laws and market rules sovereignly...*
The debate about #NordStream actually presents us with a fundamental question:
do we want to reverse the #European liberalization of the energy market and return to political control over the procurement of #energy resources for our companies?
I...
#DEpol #Merkel #Scholz #Gabriel #NordStream2 #EnergyWars
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...believe that #Europe's fundamental decision taken a few years ago that the #EuropeanUnion should set the framework for our energy market, regulate and monitor competition there, but *otherwise leave it up to the companies to decide who they procure their energy resources from and under what conditions*, is the right one. Those who abide by these rules - and #Russia does - have access to the #European...
#DEpol #Merkel #Scholz #Gabriel #NordStream2 #EnergyWars
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...energy market.
The fact that some Eastern European states want a Lex Nord Stream to prevent this pipeline does not change this. Interestingly, the Russian #Yamal #gas #pipeline running through #Poland is not being called into question. The liberalization of the gas market has given us many economic advantages."*
(Note: #Gabriel has since admitted that mistakes were made)
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https://www.rnd.de/politik/sigmar-gabriel-zu-nordstream-2-europa-muss-sein-energierecht-souveran-entscheiden-KLJU2YACK5CGHF36ZQCZYUGCEU.html