{"id":59680,"date":"2021-10-05T16:29:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T21:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59680"},"modified":"2021-10-05T16:29:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T21:29:23","slug":"fresh-legal-fight-erupts-over-nord-stream-2-as-europe-energy-costs-soar-ahead-of-frigid-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59680","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Legal Fight Erupts Over Nord Stream 2 As Europe Energy Costs Soar Ahead Of Frigid Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fresh Legal Fight Erupts Over Nord Stream 2 As Europe Energy Costs Soar Ahead Of Frigid Winter<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Just ahead of\u00a0Monday’s announcement<\/a>\u00a0that the North Stream 2 Russia to Germany natural gas pipeline has begun filling with gas in the first line\u00a0while awaiting approval from Germany regulators before it goes fully online and the taps are turned on, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko in weekend statements had warned that political opponents are\u00a0ready to exploit “legal squiggles”<\/strong>\u00a0to prevent it from finally going operational.<\/p>\n

“I will stress once again: all the necessary steps, including in the legal field, have been taken and we firmly hope that this project will be implemented,”\u00a0Grushko\u00a0explained<\/a>, while warning of the\u00a0“rather complicated” process for receiving legal certification on the European side. Crucially signs of a final inter-EU political fight have already emerged, as\u00a0Bloomberg\u00a0<\/em>details, European\u00a0lawmakers “who supervised the European Parliament\u2019s work on EU gas market legislation,\u00a0said NS2 doesn\u2019t meet the conditions for German certification because it fails to meet the unbundling criteria<\/strong>\u00a0(which ensures as gas provider is prevented from simultaneously controlling the transmission side of the business).<\/p>\n

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Dresden in winter, via Planetware<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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