HEIDELBERG (dpa-AFX) – “Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung” on Scholz/ Nord Stream 2:
“Scholz’ silence is not a bad strategy in this case. And he looks even better than the lost Macron in Moscow. Although the question can be asked whether Macron could have stayed at home if Scholz sacrificed Nord Stream 2 right away “Of course not. The pipe is a pledge Washington wants to collect in order to export its own fracking gas. It’s secondarily a price tag for Putin, whose economic plight shouldn’t be underestimated. In that sense, the threat makes political sense. But This makes Germany neither a better nor a worse NATO ally. It is a reliable partner anyway, more reliable than the USA under Trump, for example.”/ra/DP/he