Re:VW Strike in Slovakia Exposes a European Divide
by lispm on Friday August 25, 2017 @02:53AM
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> a huge stain
The decision to help a few hundred thousand people in a specific situation was the right decision. Merkel did the right thing and many people are grateful for that.
The solidarity goes both ways. Transit countries had been milking the pipelines without contributing much. Poland simply has a different energy policy and different goals than Germany. The Nordstream pipeline was built and financed not by and not for the Polish energy market.
The decision to help a few hundred thousand people in a specific situation was the right decision. Merkel did the right thing and many people are grateful for that.
The solidarity goes both ways. Transit countries had been milking the pipelines without contributing much. Poland simply has a different energy policy and different goals than Germany. The Nordstream pipeline was built and financed not by and not for the Polish energy market.