Erste Kretschmann-Wahl, erste Özdemir-Wahl - beide Male mit Reiche im Wirtschaftsministerium


#NickReimer spricht einen interessanten Aspekt in seinem Kommentar an https://taz.de/Energiepolitik-von-Katherina-Reiche/!6157093/ und hat einen netten Tip für #FriedrichMerz parat.

#KatherinaReiche ist Staatssekretärin (damals) bzw. Ministerin (jetzt) im #Wirschaftsministerium, als der #Photovoltaik der Garaus gemacht werden soll und in #BadenWürttemberg ein Grüner Ministerpräsident wird.

Damals war die Zeit nach der #Laufzeitverlängerung für deutsche #Kernkraftwerke Ende 2010 und deren abruptem Aus-Signal imFrühjahr 2011 - mit der weiteren Folge, daß die #Erdgas-Leitung #NordStream2 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream#Nord_Stream_2 propagiert wurde.

#Umweltminister #PeterAltmaier konnte es nicht lassen, die Photovoltaik im #EEG Juni 2012 zu deckeln https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz#Photovoltaik-Novelle_(Juni_2012) - während #Wirtschaftsminister #PhilippRösler (#FDP, stolze 14,6%) sogar die Förderung der erneuerbaren Energien ganz in Frage stellte. Altmaier über Rösler: "Wir haben entschieden, uns zu mögen".
https://www.pv-magazine.de/2012/06/05/rsler-stellt-eeg-in-frage/

Eine kleine Idee...

Wie wäre es, wenn #Trump #Iran angegriffen hat, um den Ölpreis steigen zu lassen? Wie wäre es, wenn #nordstream2 vor ihm aus dem gleichen Grund zerstört worden ist?

#USA könnte die #EU unter Druck setzen wollen.

Why Is Nord Stream Back In The News?

Why Is Nord Stream Back In The News?

By Andrew Korybko

A recent report claimed that this megaproject has figured into secret talks between Russia and the US.

Berliner Zeitung reported in detail on Le Monde Diplomatique’s paywalled article late last month citing a source allegedly within Gazprom about how the revival of Nord Stream as a joint Russian-US partnership is “absolutely part of secret negotiations” between them. The gist is that Russian gas could return to the EU via these means but under US control and political influence. This modus vivendi would reduce costs across the board in the EU and thus hypothetically make it a better market for US exports than it is today.

As it stands, “The US Weaponized Russophobic Paranoia & Energy Geopolitics To Capture Control Of Europe”, and American energy companies accordingly stand to profit tremendously from exploiting the EU’s newfound LNG dependence on them to the hilt. That said, the strategic dividends of obtaining control over Russia’s budgetary revenues from gas sales to the EU through ownership of Nord Stream are arguably worth the reduced LNG profits due to the leverage that this would give the US over Russia.

Moreover, Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby’s “strategy of denial” calls in part for the US to obtain control over the resources upon which China’s continued growth and rise as a superpower are dependent, and this imperative figures prominently in Trump 2.0’s grand strategy against China. Restoring a degree of Russian gas exports to the EU therefore denies these resources to China, and it’s via these means that “A Rapprochement With Russia Can Help The US Advance Its Goals Vis-à-vis China”.

There’s more to it such as scaling joint energy cooperation to include other deposits and expanding the goodwill generated through this collaboration into the critical minerals industry for the same purpose. The US could consequently achieve three strategic goals: 1) the EU can become a better market for US exports than it is today upon its US-supervised Russian-assisted recovery through the resumption of some low-cost gas exports; 2) these resources are then denied to China; and 3) US companies still profit.

The fears that the Central & Eastern European countries like Poland and the Baltic States had over Nord Stream with regard to Russia and Germany teaming up against them once more would also be dispelled since they’re the US’ most loyal allies in Europe and would thus trust its control over these pipelines. What was described up till this point is arguably what Miami financier Stephen P. Lynch has aimed to achieve ever since it was reported in late 2024 that he’s quietly trying to buy Nord Stream.

All of this makes perfect business and especially strategic sense, but the remaining obstacles are US and EU sanctions, political pressure upon Trump 2.0 by the US’ most fiercely Russophobic European allies, and of course Russia’s willingness to go along with this arrangement, which can’t be taken for granted. Nevertheless, if properly articulated to the right people in the Trump and Putin administrations, it’s indeed possible that something of the sort could be agreed to as part of a Russian-US “New Détente”.

For these reasons, while some might scoff that this is just a political fantasy, it’s actually a realistic scenario that can’t be ruled out. The US’ influence over the EU could be leveraged to surmount resistance to this plan, while Russia’s willingness to compromise and demands to lift all sanctions could combine to ensure its agreement too. Amidst the seemingly inevitable global energy crisis caused by the Third Gulf War, this could help save the EU economy from collapse, but only if decisionmakers act swiftly.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Voice of East.

Ein bislang unbeachteter Artikel des #Spiegels zeigt neue „Erkenntnisse“ zum #NordStream2 -Anschlag auf und wirft weitere Fragen zu der Rolle der „befreundeten Staaten“ #USA und #Ukraine und ihrer #Geheimdienste auf.

Liest sich wie ein Spionage- und Sabotage-Thriller von John le Carrét.

Hier die befreite Version:
https://archive.is/T3jm5

Und hier noch eine Einschätzung der Nachdenkseiten dazu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmlhQGhMIUg

The Latest Claims That Russia Poisoned Navalny Aim To Sabotage The US’ Peace Efforts

The Latest Claims That Russia Poisoned Navalny Aim To Sabotage The US’ Peace Efforts

By Andrew Korybko

Rubio downplayed the Europeans’ report, however, which suggests that this goal won’t be achieved even if this information provocation succeeds in distracting some of the Western public.

The UK, Sweden, France, Germany, and the Netherlands unexpectedly claimed that the late Alexei Navalny, who died in prison two years ago, was killed by toxins from a South American poison dart frog. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned this as a hoax for distracting from the Nord Stream investigation and the publication of the Epstein files. While it’s possible that they intended to redirect “casual investigators’” attention from those two cases, there might be more to it.

Before explaining what that might be, it’s important to remind readers that “Putin Had No Reason To Kill Navalny But The West Had Every Reason To Lie That He Did”. It was also later revealed that Putin agreed to swap Navalny for unnamed Russian prisoners being held in the West before his untimely passing. Moreover, “US Spy Agencies Surprisingly Concluded That Putin Didn’t Order Navalny’s Death”, so there’s not even a semi-credible reason to speculate that Russia was responsible. Alas, the Europeans still did.

The Russian Embassy in London declared that “The purpose of this farcical performance is clear: to inflame waning anti-Russian sentiment within Western societies. When no real pretext exists, they simply manufacture one.” Russia’s Ambassador to Germany, however, believes that this is actually meant to “undermine the attempts to establish a direct dialogue with Moscow, which has been increasingly talked about in Europe lately” after a reported visit to Moscow by Macron’s diplomatic advisor.

Russia’s permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons seems to share this view. According to him, “It is clear that there can be no meaningful dialogue with the West in the foreseeable future. They have already made up their minds and convinced themselves that our country is poisoning everyone left and right with polonium, Novichok, and frog poison, violating every possible norm and its obligations under international treaties.”

Left unsaid by these officials is the larger context of Russia’s ongoing talks with the US and Ukraine, the latter of which are now mediated by the US, and the Europeans’ efforts to sabotage them. It’s therefore likely that the latest claims about Russia poisoning Navalny are meant to distract “casual investigators” from the Nord Stream investigation and the publication of the Epstein files while also precluding a resumption of Russian-European dialogue as well as sabotaging Russia’s talks with the US and Ukraine.

The pursuit of all these objectives aligns at this sensitive moment in the Ukrainian Conflict aligns with the Europeans’ modus operandi, especially the UK’s, whose role in this spectacle shouldn’t be downplayed. It’s very possible that this is a British information provocation first and foremost, which several of its Western European partners then agreed to join to lend false credence to this latest claim, though it’s a bit surprising that France joined after Macron’s diplomatic advisor reportedly just visited Moscow.

One explanation is that France is playing a double game by presenting itself as the voice of Western Europe and the channel for Russia’s rapprochement with it, thus elevating perceptions of its prestige, while ultimately being insincere with the aforesaid and that’s why it joined this British provocation. In any case, Rubio downplayed the Europeans’ report, which suggests that it won’t sabotage the US’ peace efforts vis-à-vis Russia and Ukraine even if it succeeds in distracting some of the Western public.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Voice of East.