The citizens of the German city of Bayreuth booed the Vice-Chancellor, Robert Habeck, the Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection during a speech about the situation with the transfer of a gas turbine for Nord Stream to Russia. The report was published on Friday July 29th by Der Spiegel.
During his speech, the minister stressed that the turbine for the Nord Stream pipeline has been in Germany since the beginning of last week, but Russia allegedly “refuses to bring the equipment into its territory”.
“All (the necessary documents to pass customs control) are in place, I held them in my hands myself,” Habeck asserted.
The vice-chancellor also commented on the situation with rising energy prices in the country, noting that the root cause of the unstable situation was allegedly Russia’s actions in Ukraine. The politician also reiterated that Germany should “become independent from Russian energy resources as soon as possible”.
The ambiguity of Habeck’s statements about confrontation with Russia, as well as the politician’s failure to propose measures to curb record inflation and overcome the country’s energy crisis, drew the ire of the gathering. According to Der Spiegel, demonstrators booed the minister, with some meeting participants chanting, “Habeck, get lost!” Several protesters called on the government to stop supporting Ukraine and sit down with Russia at the negotiating table.
In addition, according to the newspaper, the protesters were holding banners with insulting phrases against the minister, as well as slogans “Habeck is a warmonger” and “Habeck is a liar”. One of the posters called for German politicians to be tried on the model of the Nuremberg trials, Der Spiegel noted.
Recall that Gazprom announced on July 25 that another Siemens gas turbine engine was shut down at the Portovaya compressor station. As the company explained, this is due to the need to send it in for routine maintenance. Currently, the daily capacity of the compressor station does not exceed 33 million cubic meters of gas per day.
Against this background the German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said that Germany faced “a serious situation” because of reduction of energy resources supply by Gazprom through the Nord Stream pipeline. The German government fears that the shortage of blue fuel could lead to emergencies next winter in some regions of the country, and that the gas shortage will not be overcome until 2024 at the earliest.
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