03:27Sassnitz residents living close to the site where the Nord Stream 2 pipeline connects with Europe’s gas distribution grid shared their anxiety on Tuesday about Germany’s decision to delay the pipeline’s opening.
All was quiet at the Lubmin Landfall Facility, where Russian gas will now no longer be arriving, after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's announcement of the pipeline’s suspension in light of Russia's recent recognition of the sovereignty of the self-proclaimed people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.
“I don’t agree with it at all,” said Bernd, a Greifswald local. “We, Germany, don’t have resources, and when people say 'we’re dependent,' we are indeed dependent,” he added.
“What shall people here live off? Do we want to buy fracking gas from the USA? America and Canada also get their gas from Russia, but no one is talking about it, but they want to turn our tap off," he went on to say.
Another resident, Eberhard, described the indefinite delay as ‘a power game.'
"We as individuals have little influence on the further development," stated Eberhard.
Germany: Locals question pipeline's suspension near Nord Stream 2 facility
Sassnitz residents living close to the site where the Nord Stream 2 pipeline connects with Europe’s gas distribution grid shared their anxiety on Tuesday about Germany’s decision to delay the pipeline’s opening.
All was quiet at the Lubmin Landfall Facility, where Russian gas will now no longer be arriving, after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's announcement of the pipeline’s suspension in light of Russia's recent recognition of the sovereignty of the self-proclaimed people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.
“I don’t agree with it at all,” said Bernd, a Greifswald local. “We, Germany, don’t have resources, and when people say 'we’re dependent,' we are indeed dependent,” he added.
“What shall people here live off? Do we want to buy fracking gas from the USA? America and Canada also get their gas from Russia, but no one is talking about it, but they want to turn our tap off," he went on to say.
Another resident, Eberhard, described the indefinite delay as ‘a power game.'
"We as individuals have little influence on the further development," stated Eberhard.
Sassnitz residents living close to the site where the Nord Stream 2 pipeline connects with Europe’s gas distribution grid shared their anxiety on Tuesday about Germany’s decision to delay the pipeline’s opening.
All was quiet at the Lubmin Landfall Facility, where Russian gas will now no longer be arriving, after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's announcement of the pipeline’s suspension in light of Russia's recent recognition of the sovereignty of the self-proclaimed people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.
“I don’t agree with it at all,” said Bernd, a Greifswald local. “We, Germany, don’t have resources, and when people say 'we’re dependent,' we are indeed dependent,” he added.
“What shall people here live off? Do we want to buy fracking gas from the USA? America and Canada also get their gas from Russia, but no one is talking about it, but they want to turn our tap off," he went on to say.
Another resident, Eberhard, described the indefinite delay as ‘a power game.'
"We as individuals have little influence on the further development," stated Eberhard.