#Germany #USA #Berlin #NorthStream2 #NordStream2
According to sources, the german federal government tried to save the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline with an offer worth billions.
At the beginning of August, german Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) made his US counterpart @stevenmnuchin1, first verbally and later also in writing, the proposal that Germany was ready to finance the construction of two special ports for the import of liquefied gas.
US companies want to export American gas to Germany via the terminals in the ports of Brunsbüttel and Wilhelmshaven. In the written proposal that went to Washington on August 7,
the federal government promised to "massively increase public support for the construction" of the terminals by making available up to 1 billion euros. For the billions in investment for the special ports,
however, the german federal government is demanding far-reaching concessions from the US government. "In return, the USA will allow the unhindered completion and operation of Nord Stream 2," says the written proposal from Berlin.
"The existing legal options for sanctions are not exhausted."
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