Official representative of the Alternative for Germany party in the Bundestag Committee on Economics and Energy Shteaffen Kotre in a conversation with Izvestia, stated that to put the money already invested in other legal framework means violate the rights of investors.
So the politician was indignant by the decision of the German court not to release the “Northern Stream-2” from the EU gas directive (EU). “Thus, the Federal Financial Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Federal Network Agency (BNetza) damage the economic center of the project,” said Kotra, adding that the fact that the court watches this case can be considered only as a manifestation of political influence.
In addition, he noted that these “absurd demands” increase costs to the gas pipeline. This, in particular, can lead to a further increase in energy prices in Germany.
August 25 Nord Stream 2 AG, the construction operator “Northern Flow-2”, lost in the Supreme Land Court Düsseldorf case about the release of the gas pipeline from the norms of the updated Gas Directive of the European Union.
Nord Stream 2 AG sued the Decision of the Federal Network Agency BundesNetzagentur, which did not release the “Northern Stream-2” from the updated EU Gas Directive.