Wolfgang Kubicki, deputy speaker of the Bundestag from the Free Democratic Party, which is part of Germany's ruling coalition, has spoken out in favor of opening the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to fill gas storage for the winter, despite Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

 He expressed his idea in an interview with RND.

 "We must open Nord Stream 2 as soon as possible to fill our gas storage for the winter. There is no good reason not to open Nord Stream 2," Kubyki said.

 "If in this way more gas reaches us, perhaps even the entire amount guaranteed by the contract, it will help people not to freeze in winter, and our industry will not suffer serious losses," added a high-ranking German politician.

 Kubyky noted that these tasks are a priority for the federal government.

 "As soon as the gas storage tanks are full, we will be able to close Nord Stream 2 again," said the Bundestag vice-speaker.

 When the journalist pointed out that Putin is using this as a big success, Kubyky said that anything that provides more gas will be more useful for Germany than for Putin.

 "By the way, Putin's greatest propaganda success would be if we ran out of gas while he is still making good money from us. This must be prevented," the politician said.

 The German federal government has suspended the commissioning of the completed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline due to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

 Currently, Russia supplies only about 20% of the possible amount of gas through Nord Stream 1. The Russian gas company "Gazprom" blames technical reasons for this, the German government believes that the Russian Federation itself is creating problems.

Germany, in the event of a complete cessation of supplies from the Russian Federation, will find it difficult to have a sufficient amount of natural gas to survive the coming winter, even if the reserves are replenished in accordance with the government's goals. Gas in Germany's warehouses will last less than three months.

 Meanwhile, Olaf Scholz's government still ruled out the launch of Nord Stream 2 even in the event of a gas shortage.