German Cabinet Has No Legal Basis To Intervene In Nord Stream 2 - Economy Minister

German Cabinet Has No Legal Basis to Intervene in Nord Stream 2 - Economy Minister

BERLIN (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 20th January, 2019) The German government has no legal reason to interfere with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project to supply Europe with Russian natural gas, Economic Affairs Minister Peter Altmaier has said.

"Nord Stream 2 is the wrong whipping boy.

.. The construction has gone far, kilometers of pipes have been laid under the [Baltic] sea... The Federal government will not intervene in this process because there is no legal basis for this," he told the Handelsblatt newspaper in an interview out Sunday.