Economics
Germany Tells Trump Not To Meddle in Europe’s Energy Issues
- EU policy ‘must be decided in Europe, not the U.S.,’ Maas says
- U.S. Congress moving forward with long-awaited sanctions
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Germany is pushing back on President Donald Trump’s moves to impose sanctions on the controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, with Angela Merkel’s top diplomat rejecting outside meddling.
“European energy policy must be decided in Europe, not the U.S.,” Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in an e-mailed statement on Thursday. “We fundamentally reject outside intervention and sanctions with extraterritorial effect.”