EU plans the final ban: Nord Stream remains offline forever!

EU plans the final ban: Nord Stream remains offline forever!

After the explosion of the north stream pipelines, this infrastructure is de facto unusable, but could theoretically be reset again. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans a legal ban to prevent the pipeline from repairing. This is part of the ongoing efforts of the European Union to reduce the dependency on Russian gas and to redesign the energy supply in Europe. According to our-mitteleuropa.com , the EU Commission works on an 18th sanction package against Russia, which is supposed to affect both banks and energy imports. A central element of this package is a ban on repair and restarting the Nord Stream pipelines.

from the Leyen has expressly emphasized that Russian gas should no longer have a place in the future energy supply in Europe. This has already led to higher energy prices in Germany, especially in energy -intensive industries such as chemistry, steel and glass. In 2024, the gas consumption of industry in Germany fell by 14 percent compared to the pre-crisis level. There are votes in Germany for reopening the pipeline, but the federal government does not officially have any discussions.

political and economic reactions

The pressure to break away from Russian energy sources has increased in recent months. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced that Germany will do everything to keep the north stream 2 pipeline, which is an $ 11 billion project and has never been put into operation. This pipeline, which should transport Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany, was built at the end of the 2010s and never activated because of the Russian invasion in Ukraine and the corresponding certification stop by Germany, such as Oilprice.com reported.

The explosive damage from Nord Stream 1 and 2 in September 2022, which indicate sabotage, mark a turning point in European energy policy. While some European countries, such as Poland and the Netherlands, do without gas from Russia, the EU plans to be completely independent of Russian gas by the end of 2027. This strategic departure is accompanied by the uncertain long -term effects on German industry and energy supply in both politics and in public.

future energy supply in Europe

The elimination of favorable gas deliveries has fueled the debate about alternative energy sources in Europe. In Germany, the government plans to build LNG terminals to import liquid gas (LNG). This is part of a more comprehensive goal of reducing the dependence on Russian gas. But the discussion about energy supply is complicated: While the majority of the EU countries are trying to reduce dependency, Hungary, for example, hesitates to reduce their own dependence on Russian gas, which is reinforced by the partial mitigation of the EU sanctions against Russia.