In an initial reaction to crisis in Ukraine, the German government has instructed national regulators to back-pedal on the licensing of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline.
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According to a report by German news magazine Der Spiegel, economy minister Robert Habeck sent a letter to the country’s energy network regulator earlier on Tuesday, asking it to withdraw a previously issued certificate that would have allowed the pipeline’s pending certification to go ahead.
