Christoph Heusgen, a long-time adviser on foreign policy issues to former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, and now the chairman of the Munich Security Conference, Christoph Heusgen, called the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline for the transportation of Russian gas the biggest mistake of the German government in recent years.
He stated this in an interview with Welt am Sonntag, European Pravda reports .
“In 2015, the federal government decided in favor of the German-Russian pipeline project, because after the reactor accident in Fukushima, Japan, Germany wanted to abandon nuclear energy, and Russian gas was the fastest and cheapest solution,” he explained.
Heusgen now admits that German politicians underestimated the situation at the time, recalling in particular the mocking reaction to then-US President Donald Trump’s warning in 2018 that Germany was at risk of gas dependence on Russia.
Former adviser Merkel also believes that Germany has a “moral obligation” to support Ukraine, especially because Putin is counting on “a reduction in economic and military support for Ukraine from the United States and Europe.” It supports the supply of German Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine.
Angela Merkel herself previously said that she does not consider her decision to allow the construction of Nord Stream-2 to be wrong and that it has put Ukraine in a more vulnerable position vis-à-vis Russia. She later said that her government’s rejection of the Russian gas pipeline project, along with the Minsk agreements, could lead to an unwanted deterioration in relations with Russia. Джерело: https://biz.censor.net/n3390582
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Merkel will never admit this mistake, like she will never admit any of the many others she’s committed. Her dark character and limited intelligence won’t allow it.