Donald Trump is right. Germany imports 70 per cent of its gas from - Russia. Posted: Jul 11th, 2018 - 12:35 pm
Donald Trump's claim that Germany imports 70 per cent of its gas from Russia at a fiery Nato summit today is correct - and the country will soon receive even more.
The EU's statistics agency, Eurostat, says that Russia is responsible for up to 75% of Germany's total gas imports.
And experts say that figure could dramatically increase after a new pipeline between Russia and Germany opens in two years time.
Germany already imports 55 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia via the Nord Stream pipeline and will pump another 55 billion cubic meters through the new Nord Stream 2 network.
Most of the remaining 30% comes from Norway...
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