Germans question why country has most unsound energy security policy in EU where no LNG terminals exist
While imports of liquefied natural gas to the European Union and the UK are increasing in January, none of the natural gas is ending up in Germany because there is no LNG infrastructure even amid various plans spanning almost 10 years.
Russian and German talks make little progress and Nord Stream II may face longer delay and help boost EU LNG
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that he explained to his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock that demands on Russian troop operations on the country’s own territory were unacceptable while Baerbock warned Moscow against weaponizing energy, including the Nord Stream II natural gas pipeline.
German Foreign Minister in Moscow for talks on Nord Stream II affecting natural gas and LNG market in 2022
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will meet on Tuesday, January 18, with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov where the delayed Nord Stream II project to provide more Gazprom natural gas supplies to Germany will be top of the agenda and any decisions will affect future LNG and pipeline gas demand in the European Union for 2022.
German Greens take key ministries and will keep gas prices high in their opposition to Nord Stream II
The next Chancellor of Germany, the Social Democrat (SPD) leader Olaf Scholz, has presented his cabinet ministers for the new government to be sworn in on December 8 and officials confirmed the continued suspension of the Russian Nord Steam II pipeline to Germany, keeping European Union natural gas prices high this winter and beyond.
