Reuters: Denmark faces dilemma over Russian gas pipeline
BRUSSELS/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark is under pressure to rule on whether a new Russian pipeline supplying gas to Germany can be built near its Baltic coast, a decision that puts it in the line of fire from friend and foe alike.
Denmark does not want to act alone in resolving one of the biggest foreign policy quandaries that the small European Union nation has faced since the Cold War.
But its search for a united EU stance on the proposed pipeline is deadlocked by divisions among member states over whether to do more business with Moscow despite its military incursions in Ukraine and Syria and accusations it used a nerve agent in an attempted assassination on British soil.
The Danish government is facing fierce lobbying by Russia, EU allies and the United States over the 9.5 billion euro ($11.7 billion) Nord Stream 2 project championed by President Vladimir Putin and financed by five Western firms.
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WNU Editor: The pipeline goes beside the Danish island of Bornholm which is why the Danes have a say on this pipeline.
2 comments:
The USA will make some big decisions I think when the Euro's, mainly Germany, resolve this issue. Germany could decide to rely more on American LNG, which is now becoming abundant and without strings. If Germany goes with relying on Moscow's cronies for their energy future, it sends a message to DC that Germany doesn't value the transatlantic alliance like it used too. Over the last 2 years, Germany has been making noises about going their own way while denouncing Trump in public.
I think I know which way their decision goes and Moscow will be smiling.
with the dumping of Russians from so many European countries, Denmark could deny Russia, Germany then turn to the US for energy needs. Don't like Trump? ok...he may be gone in a few years but Putin is for the long haul
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