“Green politician demands halt to construction of Nord Stream pipeline”
Spiegel Online
Robert Habeck, one of the Green Party’s primary candidates for the upcoming federal elections, has demanded a halt to construction of the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project in light of Russian airstrikes in Syria, reports Spiegel Online. “Vladimir Putin bombs civilians in Syria […]. We make that possible through our gas and oil purchases in Russia. […] This close intertwining is extreme and we cannot want that,” Habeck told Spiegel Online.
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