Germany must pay Poland compensation for “Northern Stream-2”. This requirement for the Federal Republic of Germany presented the former Minister of National Defense of Poland Yang Parys in an interview with the DO Rzeczy newspaper.
According to the ex-minister, Germany must give at least 5 billion euros. “The Germans spent 5 billion euros for the construction of” Northern Flow “, so let them allocate 5 billion for additional weapons for East Central Europe,” said the pair, calling the relevant requirements justified, since Poland’s safety “was clearly decreased due to this pipeline “.
According to the head of the International Policy of the President of Poland, Kshyshto Church, the project threatens the European Union. He criticized the US refusal from sanctions against the project, and he called the pipeline for the bottom of the Baltic Sea, the gas bomb laid under the foundation of European integration. Schcher believes that when he launched, Germany will fall dependent on Russian gas supplies.
In May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a speedy completion of the construction of the “Northern Flow-2”, since the country is experiencing a sharp need for gas. Almost half of the fuel imported into the EU is Russian. Due to the cold winter of 2020-2021, gas supplies to Europe from Russia increased by almost 30 percent, and the population of gas storages in the EU sharply decreased.
To date, “Northern Stream-2” is ready for 95 percent. It was planned to run at the end of 2019, however, due to the US pressure, it did not work, the completion time was transferred several times. Merkel stated that the project would be launched despite American sanctions.