{"id":1326488,"date":"2022-02-22T10:52:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T15:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1326488"},"modified":"2022-02-22T10:53:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T15:53:08","slug":"german-chancellor-sholz-blocks-approval-for-russias-nord-stream-2-pipeline-over-putins-moves-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-chancellor-sholz-blocks-approval-for-russias-nord-stream-2-pipeline-over-putins-moves-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"German Chancellor Sholz Blocks Approval for Russia&#039;s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline over Putin&#039;s Moves in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgerman-chancellor-sholz-blocks-approval-for-russias-nord-stream-2-pipeline-over-putins-moves-in-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1326488&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238683974-2-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that his government will block the approval process for the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline\u00a0in a major rebuke of Russia following Vladimir Putin\u2019s move to recognise the sovereignty of two pro-Russian regions of the Donbas in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters in Berlin on Tuesday Morning, the recently installed left-wing Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz said that he has instructed the\u00a0Federal Ministry of Economics to take steps to ensure the gas pipeline cannot be approved for now after already being on hold from the nation\u2019s energy regulator, the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Scholz said that the movement of additional troops into the \u2018breakaway\u2019 separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in the Donbas represented a \u201cserious violation of international law\u201d and therefore it was clear that Germany\u2019s stance towards Russia \u2014 which has hitherto been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/26\/klitschko-comes-out-swinging-germany-betrayed-ukraine-for-putins-gas-says-ex-boxing-champ\/\">criticised<\/a> as too accommodating \u2014 must \u201cnow be reassessed,\u201d German tabloid <em>Bild<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/politik\/2022\/politik\/nord-stream-2-hammer-scholz-stoppt-putin-pipeline-79236090.bild.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this phase, it is now important to prevent further escalation and thus another catastrophe in addition to the first sanctions. This is what all our diplomatic efforts are aimed at,\u201d Sholz added.<\/p>\n<p>The move is a marked shift from Sholz, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/08\/germanys-scholz-refuses-to-back-biden-on-nord-stream-2-pipeline-shutdown-threats\/\">refused to commit<\/a> to shutting down the pipeline during a joint White House press conference with President Joe Biden earlier this month. After previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-us-strike-nord-stream-2-compromise-deal\/a-58575935\">lifting<\/a> Trump-era sanctions on the project, Mr Biden warned that should Russia invade Ukraine, the pipeline would have to be scrapped.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The u-turn from the German Chancellor came just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the planned European sanctions on Russia following the declaration of sovereignty for the Donetsk and Luhansk Donbas regions of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin on Monday should include shutting down the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurope and the world cannot allow a repetition of those tragic mistakes that were made in Georgia in 2008. We agreed on the need to immediately impose sanctions for another act of aggression against Ukraine. These sanctions should include a complete stop of Nord Stream 2,\u201d Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/en.interfax.com.ua\/news\/general\/800450.html\">said<\/a> on Tuesday morning according to the Ukrainian news agency Interfax.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The approval of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia is outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel\u2019s \u201cbiggest mistake\u201d, the former president of the EU Council said in comments backing up warnings from former President Donald Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MtjINbgPL8\">https:\/\/t.co\/MtjINbgPL8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1465652116870021121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nord Stream 2, which sought to deliver gas to Germany from Russia in a 1,230 kilometre-long pipeline along the bottom of the Baltic sea rather than through the existing pipeline through Ukraine, has long been criticised by former President Donald Trump, who warned that it would leave Germany and other European Union member states as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/07\/11\/trump-starts-nato-summit-on-front-foot-blasts-hypocritical-germany-as-captive-of-russians\/\">captives<\/a>\u201d of Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Germany, like many countries in Europe, has been facing an energy crisis since last year, with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/08\/european-energy-prices-soar-as-putin-holds-back-gas-supplies\/\">accusing<\/a>\u00a0Russia of holding back gas supplies to put political pressure on the EU \u2014 an accusation Mr Putin has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/10\/15\/putin-accuses-cnbc-of-dismissing-his-statement-about-gas-pipeline\/\">denied<\/a>. The dependence on Russian gas has been widely credited for Germany\u2019s soft approach during the previous months on the Ukrainian situation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The nation has also been embroiled in political controversy over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/06\/pipeline-politics-ex-german-chancellor-gerhard-schroder-nominated-to-board-of-russian-state-owned-gas-company\/\">nomination<\/a> of former German Chancellor\u00a0Gerhard\u00a0Schr\u00f6der to the board of Gazprom, Russia\u2019s state-owned gas company. Schr\u00f6der, who initially signed off on the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, was a frequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/07\/11\/trump-starts-nato-summit-on-front-foot-blasts-hypocritical-germany-as-captive-of-russians\/\">target<\/a> of then-President Donald Trump who criticised the former chancellor for moving on to serve on the boards of\u00a0Nord Stream AG and Nord Stream 2 AG after leaving office.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen how the leading economic powerhouse of the EU will fulfil its energy demands, with Russia being one of its chief suppliers of energy.\u00a0Under the green agenda of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2016\/jun\/24\/germany-bans-fracking-after-years-of-dispute\">banned<\/a> the use of fracking for natural gas and has since gone on to\u00a0baulk at nuclear power, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/\">closing down half of its reactors<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year, with a full phase-out expected next year.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the decision to block Nord Stream 2, Brexit leader Nigel Farage <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nigel_Farage\/status\/1496083724735287302\">said<\/a>: \u201cThat is a very decisive step from Germany. With their nuclear gone, they will need to mine more coal.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Germany \u2018Dramatically Behind\u2019 its Emissions Target After Abandoning \u2018Dangerous\u2019 Nuclear Energy<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9C9al17fGT\">https:\/\/t.co\/9C9al17fGT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1481974384780664841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that his government will block the approval process for the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline\u00a0in a major rebuke of Russia following Vladimir Putin\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1326488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1326488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1326488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1326488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1326488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}