US lawmakers: Nord Stream 2 ‘a terrible mistake’
By DW
13 July 2019 |
7:00 am
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline will run straight through the Baltic Sea, delivering Russian natural gas directly to Germany. For once, Democrats and Republicans in the US agree on something: The project is a really bad idea.
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