Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) has rejected the demand by FDP party leader Wolfgang Kubicki to put the Nord Stream 2 pipeline into operation. "There is no lack of pipes, but Putin's will to supply us with gas. I don't know whether Mr. Kubicki has considered that," said Wüst on Friday in Düsseldorf.
Kubicki had demanded: "We should open Nord Stream 2 as soon as possible to fill our gas storage for the winter." He told the editorial network Germany (RND/Friday) that there was "no good reason not to open Nord Stream 2".
If Russia's President Vladimir Putin then stops supplying gas, Germany has lost nothing. "If more gas reaches us in this way, perhaps even the entire contractually guaranteed amount, that will help people not have to freeze in winter and our industry will not suffer serious damage," argued Kubicki.
