"Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder has fiercely defended the Nord Stream gas pipelines, calling them "still the right decision," while repeatedly clashing with lawmakers during a tense parliamentary inquiry in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Appearing by video link from Hanover, the 81-year-old ex-leader of the center-left Social Democrats, grew visibly irritated as he faced questions about his role in the project and a state-backed climate foundation that helped shield Nord Stream 2 from US sanctions."
"He dismissed several inquiries as "ridiculous" or "irrelevant" and, at one point, snapped at the committee chair, Sebastian Ehlers of the conservative Christian Democrats: "Can you stop this nonsense?" Schroder insisted the pipeline had aimed to secure affordable gas from Russia and make Germany less dependent on coal and nuclear power. He said objections from Poland "didn't interest me" and that the project had been deliberately planned to avoid "interventions from other countries.""
Gerhard Schroder defended the Nord Stream gas pipelines as 'still the right decision' and said they aimed to secure affordable Russian gas and reduce dependence on coal and nuclear power. He appeared by video from Hanover and grew visibly irritated while facing questions about his role and a state-backed climate foundation that helped shield Nord Stream 2 from US sanctions. He dismissed several inquiries as 'ridiculous' or 'irrelevant' and snapped at the committee chair. He said objections from Poland 'didn't interest' him and that the project was planned to avoid 'interventions from other countries.' Since leaving office he worked for Russian state-owned energy companies including Nord Stream, Rosneft, and Gazprom.
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