Chancellor Scholz rules out change of course on Nord Stream 2

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  1. >Chancellor Scholz rules out changing course on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea. Even if the energy shortage worsens in the fall, the pipeline will remain out of service, a government spokesman stressed in Berlin. There would be tough months ahead, but the German government supports Ukraine and stands by the sanctions against Russia.

    >As was announced on Monday, German gas storage facilities were filled to the highest level in almost two months on Friday, despite significantly reduced supply volumes from Russia.

    >Meanwhile, several German states are pressing for more say in the Federal Network Agency’s planning for a possible gas shortage. Such a situation would have considerable economic and social repercussions, Hamburg’s First Mayor Tschentscher, for example, told Die Welt newspaper. The decision on rationing could therefore not be left to a federal authority alone. The knowledge of the federal states and the regional gas network operators is of great importance, he added. Government representatives from Berlin and Saarland expressed similar views.

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