Schwerin (dpa/mv) - The parliamentary committee of inquiry into the MV climate foundation has barely started work when there is a dispute. It flared up late on Tuesday evening with the delivery deadlines for the files that the committee ordered from numerous agencies and which the committee members wanted to look through. While the opposition wanted the documents to be delivered within six weeks, the majority of the red-red government camp pushed through for six months.
"An investigation at a snail's pace is unacceptable," protested Green MP Hannes Damm. The red-red coalition is playing for time and thus hindering the creation of rapid and complete transparency on the processes surrounding the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and the foundation, which is largely financed with money from Russian natural gas deals. "The work with the complete documents can therefore probably only start in 2023."
The chairman of the SPD in the committee of inquiry, Thomas Krüger, replied that all the essential facts about the climate foundation and its establishment were known from the beginning. There is nothing to hide. "In accordance with the previous practice of the past investigative committees, we have agreed to choose a submission period of up to six months. It is clear that the files must be submitted gradually during this time. The six-month period is merely an end date."
On Tuesday evening, the parliamentary committee of inquiry into the controversial Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Climate Foundation decided on more than 30 applications for the delivery of files. The committee, which was formed on June 17, has thus started to work on the content. He wants to find out how the foundation came about in early 2021 and who was in charge.
The foundation was established in early 2021 following a parliamentary resolution and also supports climate protection activities. Above all, however, it was used to complete the Nord Stream 2 pipeline for Russian natural gas through the Baltic Sea. The project ran into trouble shortly before completion when companies bailed out after threats of US sanctions. The line was finally completed, but because of the Russian war of aggression in the Ukraine, it did not receive an operating license from the German authorities.
