Germany has stopped the certification process for the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in reaction to Russia’s recognition of the self-proclaimed republics in Luhansk and Donetsk in east Ukraine, the chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has announced.
Germany’s energy minister, Robert Habeck, on Tuesday morning instructed the withdrawal of a security-of-supply assessment granted under Angela Merkel’s tenure, which is required to authorise the pipeline between Russia and Germany.
