Germany’s Social Democratic Party supports Nord Stream 2

Kevin Kühnert, general secretary of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), has expressed support for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, he told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper

“We have to put the fundamental political conflict behind us”, –  Kühnert said, noting the need for Germany to side with the defence of Nord Stream 2. 

According to Kühnert, constant reference to the pipeline in the context of Russian-Ukrainian relations would “bury” the project.

Summing up, the politician named the only obstacle for the launch of the pipeline – the formal approval by the lawyers