Nord Stream 2 certification process stopped – Scholz

13:33, 22.02.2022 1 min read

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he had stopped the process of certification of Nord Stream 2.

"Today, I asked the Federal Ministry of Economics to withdraw from the Federal Network Agency [the German regulator] a report on ensuring energy security. This sounds like technical details, but this is a necessary step so that the certification of the gas pipeline could not take place now. Without this certification, Nord Stream 2 cannot be launched," the German chancellor said.