Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
Below is a thumbnail sketch of Germany’s last two
chancellors, and Germany’s two major political parties. References to the impact of the Nord Stream 2
(NS2) are also provided.
One point to make is that with Olaf Scholz as
Chancellor, Germany has moved away from Angela Merkel and the relatively centrist
CDU, toward the more leftist SPD. This
may serve to explain why Chancellor Scholz was not so supportive of Joe Biden’s
contention at yesterday’s presser that he will “stop the Nord Stream 2 pipeline
if Putin invades Ukraine”.
Articles about the impact of NS2 on various
countries:
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/what-will-the-impact-be-if-nord-stream-2-is-completed/
https://www.swp-berlin.org/publications/products/research_papers/2017RP03_lng_wep.pdf
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/nord-stream-2-who-wins-who-loses/ar-AAS5sMd
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is a lawyer from a
socialist background, and is a member of the SPD, or Social Democratic Party of
Germany, or Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands.
The SPD was founded in 1875, making it Germany's
oldest political party, that has historically acted as an umbrella organization
for a number of leftist movements, trade unionists, and communists. The SPD's core issue has always been social policy.
Angela Dorothea Merkel, née Kasner, is an East
German PhD quantum chemist who served as the chancellor of Germany from 2005 to
2021 as a member of the CDU, or Christian Democratic Union, or
Christlich-Demokratische Union.
The CDU was founded in 1945 as an
interdenominational Christian party. The
CDU effectively succeeded the pre-war Catholic Centre Party, with many former
members joining the party. The party also included politicians of other
backgrounds, including liberals and conservatives. As a result, the party
claims to represent "Christian-social, liberal and conservative"
elements. The CDU is generally pro-European in outlook.
Ray Gruszecki
February 8, 2022
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