{{quotebox|"This is a weapon, a real weapon … in the hands of the [[Russian Federation]]. It is not very understandable … that the bullets to this weapon can possibly be provided by such a great country as the [[United States]]. How many Ukrainian lives does the relationship between the United States and Germany cost?"<ref>https://www.axios.com/zelensky-biden-ukraine-russia-nord-stream-pipeline-fe50756b-6b82-43f0-b390-734ea3e95de0.html</ref>}}
{{quotebox|"This is a weapon, a real weapon … in the hands of the [[Russian Federation]]. It is not very understandable … that the bullets to this weapon can possibly be provided by such a great country as the [[United States]]. How many Ukrainian lives does the relationship between the United States and Germany cost?"<ref>https://www.axios.com/zelensky-biden-ukraine-russia-nord-stream-pipeline-fe50756b-6b82-43f0-b390-734ea3e95de0.html</ref>}}
==Opposition==
==Opposition==
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The pipeline is intended to bail out Germany’s failed energy policies that first tilted left toward Green energy, and when it failed, Germany went back to high polluting [[coal]]. [[France]] opposed this deal. President [[Emmanuel Macron]] repeatedly publicly told Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] that he opposed it. European countries opposed it because they don’t want to let Russia impose hegemonic influence.
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The pipeline is intended to bail out Germany’s failed energy policies that first tilted [[left]] toward [[Green energy]], and when it failed, Germany went back to high polluting [[coal]]. [[France]] opposed this deal. President [[Emmanuel Macron]] repeatedly publicly told Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] that he opposed it. European countries opposed it because they don’t want to let Russia impose hegemonic influence.