The Pocovid Union cannot afford a crisis resulting from a growing number of skeptics, Marek Kuchcinski said during a conversation with the chairman of the German foreign affairs committee. - We are looking for a recipe to strengthen it, we are joining the debate on the future, but we also want to be in solidarity with non-EU countries subject to Russian interference - he argued. The chairman of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee emphasized the necessity of strengthening the Eastern Partnership. - A predictable and secure neighbor is also our security. The strength of our neighbors is also the strength of the EU. We cannot pretend that we do not see Russian interference in Ukraine or Belarus, violations of human rights, violations of democratic principlesand," Kuchciński said.
In the face of Russia's increasing aggression, the work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the Biden administration's withdrawal from sanctions are particularly worrying. This is because the project strengthens Russia's position and threatens Ukraine's security. Opponents of NS2 argue that as long as Russian gas flows to the EU through Ukraine, Russia will not escalate the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski even believes that the Russians are implementing the same scenario in the NS2 case as they did before the annexation of Crimea.
The Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs is working on a draft resolution on calling on the government of the Federal Republic of Germany to immediately stop construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
In February this year, the chairman of the Bundestag foreign affairs committee argued that if an international agreement ruled out the possibility of using the gas pipeline as a geopolitical weapon against Central and Eastern European countries, it would be possible to cooperate with Russia on energy policy. The politician stressed that the federal government should keep in mind that Nord Stream 2 divides Europe. The project is also opposed by the candidate for German Chancellor, the chairwoman of the Green Party. She claims that Lukashenko's system is maintained primarily by the support of the Kremlin.
