Süddeutsche Zeitung: Nord Stream 2 is the problematic legacy of the new German cabinet 
from the “Russian gas dependence” inherited from his predecessors, said the columnist for the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper Stefan Cornelius.
According to the author, the Russian Nord Stream 2 project was also is the most important political decision and problem that the previous cabinet will pass on to the new one. According to him, Berlin should use the “only” way to deal with the gas pipeline. Cornelius believes that the government should “separate the gas owner and the network operator.”
Previously, he allowed the freeze of Nord Stream 2 over Ukraine. According to him, Berlin may freeze the project in spite of Moscow, for the sake of Kiev and Germany itself.
On October 25, German Ambassador to Russia Geza Andreas von Geyr announced the technical readiness of the gas pipeline. Further, Nord Stream 2 needs to be certified. Former head of the Bundestag Committee on Economics and Energy Klaus Ernst admitted that the certification of the gas pipeline by the German regulator Bundesnetzagentur could be completed in January 2022.