Annalena Baerbock has sympathy with US demands, but there’s Social Democrat support for Russia’s pipeline
Germany’s new foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, has been caught a diplomatic vice days into the job, as US puts pressure on the coalition government in Berlin to vow to block the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the event of Russia invading Ukraine.
The controversial pipeline project, which runs from Vyborg in Russia to Lubmin in north-east Germany, is also likely to be the first test of the new German government’s unity of approach.
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