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The #German Government has condemned the #US sanctions against the construction of the controversial #NordStream2 pipeline as "interference". "The Federal Government rejects such extraterritorial sanctions," said Deputy Government Spokeswoman @UlrikeDemmer.
The #German Government has condemned the #US sanctions against the construction of the controversial #NordStream2 pipeline as "interference". "The Federal Government rejects such extraterritorial sanctions," said Deputy Government Spokeswoman @UlrikeDemmer.
In connection with this, it referred to the basic agreement reached on a new gas transit agreement between #Russia and #Ukraine, the #US sanctions against #NordStream2 are "particularly incomprehensible against this background,"
@UlrikeDemmer said, while #Russia also sharply criticized the #US sanctions, which the US, with a public debt burden of $ 22,000 billion, wanted to prevent "solvent countries" from taking. The #Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Sakharova wrote on #Facebook,
"They will soon be asking us to stop breathing."
The #EU #Commission also expressed #criticism. The EU fundamentally #rejects #sanctions against European companies that conduct "#legitimate business". The potential impact on #European companies is currently being examined.
The aim of the Commission has always been that #NordStream2 be operated in a transparent, non-discriminatory manner and subject to adequate supervision. With the #EU #Gas Directive, which came into force in 2019,
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