US concerns over Nord Stream 2 are about fear of losing leverage, not welfare of Europe
US concerns over Nord Stream 2 are about fear of losing leverage, not welfare of Europe
As the Nord Stream 2 pipeline looms closer to completion, its panicked critics claim it will harm Ukraine and increase the EU's energy dependence on Russia – which are, in fact, mutually exclusive arguments.
After years of delays, on Wednesday Denmark finally gave the approval for building a section of the pipeline inside its exclusive economic zone off the shore of Bornholm. With the receiving terminal in Germany well underway, this paves the way for the pipeline’s completion by next year, only slightly behind schedule.
“This is a geopolitical issue, this strengthens Russia and weakens Europe,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a press conference w...