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The Biden administration has reached an agreement with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that allows for the completion of a controversial natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Biden Administration “Surrenders” to Germany on Russian Gas Pipeline<\/h3>\n

Soeren Kern | Gatestone Institute<\/a> | August 4, 2021<\/p>\n

The Biden administration has reached an agreement with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that allows for the completion of a controversial natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany.<\/p>\n

The July 21 deal<\/a> to complete the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which would double shipments of Russian natural gas to Germany by transporting the gas under the Baltic Sea, has angered the leaders of many countries in Eastern and Western Europe; they argue that it will effectively give Moscow a stranglehold over European gas supplies and open the continent to Russian blackmail.<\/p>\n

Both the Obama and Trump administrations steadfastly opposed the pipeline on the grounds that, once completed, it would strengthen Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s economic and political influence over Europe.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration was especially critical of the pipeline because it will funnel billions of dollars to Russia at a time that Germany is free-riding<\/a> on the U.S. defense umbrella that protects Germany from that same Russia.<\/p>\n

The Biden administration\u2019s abrupt reversal of long-standing bipartisan policy consensus has baffled observers from across the political aisle. Just one day before the Biden-Merkel deal was announced, State Department Spokesman Ned Price criticized<\/a> the pipeline as a \u201cKremlin geopolitical project that is intended to expand Russia\u2019s influence over Europe\u2019s energy resources and to circumvent Ukraine.\u201d White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki previously asserted<\/a> that the Biden administration \u201ccontinues to believe that Nord Stream 2 is a bad deal for Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

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