Merkel Archives

Merkel’s Confession On Duplicity Of Minsk Accords: Cold War 2.0 Just Got Colder

December 14, 2022 Mariel Alumit

Authored by Patrick Lawrence via Consortium News, “Germany is Hamlet,” Gordon Craig once wrote. The great historian of that nation (1913-2005) was noted for pithy summations of this kind, insights that cast light into the […]

Derek Chollet, a senior State Department policy adviser, is in Kyiv this week along with a German counterpart to inform Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of the agreement’s details. Mr. Chollet is scheduled for a similar trip to Poland, which has vehemently opposed the pipeline. Word of the deal has rankled Ukrainian officials, who view the existing pipeline network in their country as a rare point of leverage against Russia in the two countries’ seven-year-old conflict. Last week, Mr. Putin delivered another in a series of polemics challenging Ukrainian sovereignty. Rendering the existing pipeline superfluous could offer Russia a freer military hand on Ukrainian territory, Ukraine advocates fear. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that Mr. Biden told Ms. Merkel last week “that we have ongoing concerns about how the project threatens European energy security, undermines Ukraine’s security and the security of our…allies and partners.” Ms. Psaki said Mr. Biden directed staffers to work jointly with German counterparts to complete an agreement. An announcement of the deal was delayed to avoid eclipsing Ms. Merkel’s farewell visit to the White House, according to officials close to the negotiations. Ms. Merkel has made the completion of the pipeline, which could occur later this year, a signal achievement marking the close of her political career, people familiar with her thinking said. —Catherine Lucey and William Mauldin in Washington contributed to this article.

U.S.-German Deal on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Expected Soon

July 20, 2021 Stu Turley

The U.S. and Germany have reached an agreement allowing the completion of a controversial Russian natural-gas pipeline, according to officials from Berlin and Washington, who expect to announce the deal as soon as Wednesday, bringing an […]

Germany Seeks Deal With Biden on Controversial Pipeline – because they need gas to support their renewable power

February 16, 2021 Stu Turley

Energy News Beat Publishers Note: Germany has been at the forefront of the energy migration to renewables. That being said, Germany has now become more dependent on natural gas to support the large renewable infrastructure. […]