Both Germany and the European Union expressed outrage at what they saw as extraterritoriality and America’s illegally intervening in Europe’s domestic affairs. “This is a very important project,” said Chancellor Merkel. “It has been legitimated by the new Europe law. We need to carry it through.” For its part, Gazprom responded that it would finish laying the pipe itself. But not quickly. It had already bought a pipe-laying barge as a precaution, but it would take many months to properly outfit the ship for the job. There were new legal challenges and threats of new sanctions. And there, in
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