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Nord Stream 2: Was It Merkel’s Biggest Mistake? – TLDR News

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Nord Stream 2 has been controversial since the start, but with the west’s relationship with Russia getting only rockier some are beginning to wonder if the pipeline could be Merkel’s biggest error. So In this video we unpack the implications of the huge pipeline, what it means for Germany, Russia and the world.

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  1. @srb1855

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    This is what happens when you elect a communist as Chancellor.🇷🇺🤡

  2. @marioformosa4259

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    Russia's cheap energy saved Geman industry for many years. Look what happened to Germany now. Her biggest mistake was to let in all those Muslims

  3. @hstrinzel

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    Biggest mistake: Being chancellor while being influenced by "Green" (=commie) Economic Hitmen. MOSTLY STUPID decisions. Abandoning Germman Nuclear Power, the safest in the world? NOW Germany is circled by countries with much less reliable reactors. And when they explode, German is STILL EXPOSED. Also, believing in the CO2 catastrophe? She as a Chemistry PhD should have been able to compute that there IS NOT ENOUGH CO2 on the planet to cause a climate catastrophe. Stupid Chancellor put Germany last.

  4. @jerrystark1209

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    Russia will have to pay to rebuild ukraine.

  5. @anthonybellmunt3103

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    I would have kept nuclear till something better comes along.
    You don't want to give up something you've got to something you might get.

  6. @bobsingh5521

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    The answer to everything is Nukeclear Energy

  7. @jensramputh

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    Germany committed economic suicide with the destruction of Nordstream. And for sure the USA won't sell them the cheap energy they need to be competitive in industry.
    Germany is toast

  8. @chx4eva

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    Speaking from hindsight, this was Germanys biggest mistake

  9. @user-ry8dd1xq7r

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    Russia and China are winner Sydney Australia

  10. @LB-py9ig

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    It would be mighty embarrassing if Trump warned Europe about this very possibility wouldn't it.

  11. @ergysbardhi

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    One of many!

  12. @ekkehard-tejawilke3747

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    Merkel was absolutely correct

  13. @jiritichy7967

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    Absolutely wrong. The biggest mistake was to bring over a million on incompatible intruders. This will be felt for centuries ahead.

  14. @peterdollins3610

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    Merkal & Germany made a grotesque mistake in trying to trade Putin's Russia into being a peaceful normal country. Two Merkal & Germany made a second grotesque mistake in closing down their Nuclear Power Stations. Fossil fuels particularly coal especially lignite coals they have turned back too kills many more people & wild life & environments directly than all the Nuclear Power Plants in the world and indirectly via global warming thousands if not millions of time more. Then it was good to resettle refugees but bring them in direct from Greece or Turkey don't just say they can come so they wind across Europe in massive distress frightening all the countries in their way back into a regressive racist near fascist pose. She was the greatest disaster since the moustache & might kill as many people in the end by her moronic decisions.

  15. @slawekwojtowicz

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    I wonder if Merkel is on Russian payroll? She damaged Germany pretty thoroughly. 🤔

  16. @ems4884

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    Yes and no. It was right for the West to have one major leader reaching out to the Kremlin and trying to create a la positive partnership. It was a long shot, but we know now that Putin was never serious about a rapprochement with the West. He revealed himself as a completely untrustworthy partner.

    Now we know the full truth.

  17. @albertpacajpacaj6443

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    one drop equal the energy to Transform the whole Saudi-Arabien

  18. @albertpacajpacaj6443

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    The plane will carry oil just like a Tanker across ocean
    reverse

  19. @alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    And here I was thinking that I was done with my list of people I wan to murder

  20. @QiuyuanChenRyan916

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    No one can predict the future though. Does trade with China the biggest error or success for the US back in 2001? She can only make such decision at the time with the given information availab.e

  21. @jessegarcia8256

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked you reap what you sow. How's it going Germany, you only reaping what you sowed.

  22. @thato596

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    Biggest mistake for germany was trusting america. Germany must look after their own interest first. But america sabotaged germany because they want germany to be dependent on america. Now germany and europe gas prices will increase

  23. @Raptorman0909

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    Merkel and Schroeder should both stand trial for acting in the interests of Russia and Putin in spite of Russia's extensive history of destabilizing and invading their neighbors. They both did so in spite of the fact that many others in the west were clear that going ahead with Nord Stream 2 would give Putin additional revenue to support his aggression and additional leverage to limited western response. Germany has a lot to answer for — perhaps the rest of the world can rethink the purchase of German goods like cars. There must be a penalty for working for Putin and against the security of Europe!

  24. @streampunk6932

    April 6, 2024 at 12:54 pm

    It wasn't a mistake.. Just put a finger on a map of Eastern Europe and any country comes up, they were screaming and sending warnings that it is a HUGE mistake that will eventually have a very negative results.

    Germany and France have a problem in trust with Eastern European countries, but they're ready to instantly accept anything russia says. In 2008, France and Germany didn't even believe that it was russia attacking. Read what ex-president of Estonia wrote, when Polish president asked Sarkozy to sit and negotiate Sarkozy replied: "Without those little ones" referring to the Baltic countries.

    It will continue, because half of France vote for Le Pen and have some weird romanticism about russians. While Germany is full of pro-russians.

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In this video, we’ll discuss what a trilateral deal (between Russia, China and the US) over Ukraine could look like, what motivates the participants and whether the meeting will even happen at all.

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Trilateral meeting details
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/putin-proposes-summit-with-trump-xi-discuss-ukraine-deal-wsj-says-2026-10-19/
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-witkoff-putin-trump-zelenskyy-talks-3f00c0c6fd10bab948c2c3f8502e0a91?taid=6ad8c19bf6d6f300019ef9ee&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
https://apec.org/who-we-are/our-members
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20261019-putin-xi-and-trump-could-meet-at-apec-summit-kremlin

China
https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-turn-china-under-sanctions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%27s_Position_on_the_Political_Settlement_of_the_Ukrainian_Crisis
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-baerbock-says-china-can-help-end-ukraine-war/a-65566298
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-says-he-is-open-joining-trilateral-meeting-with-xi-putin-2026-10-19/
https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng./xw/zwbd/202609/t20260929_12033002.html
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xw/fyrbt/202610/t20261020_12043752.html

Russia
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/20/europe/kyiv-under-pressure-as-trump-and-putin-cozy-up-analysis
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k1xj0d708o

The US
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/world/europe/trump-zelensky-putin-ukraine-war.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0tOwHnuSM

Ukraine
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/10/nx-s1-5996938/u-s-and-russia-tout-diesel-deal-to-ease-sanctions-and-reopen-fuel-flows
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/20/politics/starshield-ukraine-elon-musk
https://kyivindependent.com/its-significant-ukraine-fears-us-is-withholding-allied-funded-air-defense-supplies-to-pressure-kyiv/
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20261019-putin-xi-and-trump-could-meet-at-apec-summit-kremlin

Europe
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-floats-unfreezing-some-russian-assets-restart-ukraine-peace-talks-ft-reports-2026-10-14/
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/08/us-and-russia-explore-nord-stream-restart-sources-say-a93916

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How “Macronism” Failed

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In this video, we thought we’d take a look at how it all went wrong for Macron: what he promised when he came to power, why much of it fell apart, and where France seems headed next.

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X posts:
https://x.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/2111880065088975333?s=20
https://x.com/JLMelenchon/status/2111882865197625588?s=20
https://x.com/MLP_officiel/status/2111849200379932912?s=20

France finances:

https://tradingeconomics.com/france/government-bond-yield
https://www.ft.com/content/9b252b46-a87c-45e7-a09a-45a39ce077b8?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Protest coverage:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crwyd02yz22vo
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/10/17/france-faces-day-of-combined-protests_6758706_7.html
https://www.ft.com/content/7bd4ac59-61e6-4604-a96a-26e7096bf768?shareType=nongiftFrance

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Why Gen Z Protests Are Spreading to Europe

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The Gen Z protests in France have started to spread cross-border through to Spain, Portugal, Italy, and are continuing in Albania and Serbia, so, in this video, we’re taking a look at the underlying reasons behind these protests and what happens next.

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Europe Gen Z Protests
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/10/20/italy-spain-belgium-portugal-social-unrest-spreads-across-europe-amid-soaring-energy-prices-and-a-housing-crisis_6759435_4.html
https://www.rte.ie/news/a-european-perspective/2026/1020/1596095-spain-youth-protests/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/europe-protests-france-spain-portugal-2026-explainer
https://davekeating.substack.com/p/is-europe-about-to-have-an-1848-moment

France
https://youtu.be/D0lLgflRMKs
https://youtu.be/6Ilr4T6H9lY
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c893v4gx2e47t

Italy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/20/milan-luxury-shops-close-italy-to-deploy-troops-youth-protests-europe
https://timesofmalta.com/article/empty-shelves-eurospin-mosta-amid-fuel-protests-italy.1135882

Spain
https://youtu.be/HZs6eG1lB4I?si=09RhFsoQKhiA5m_t
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2kej47095no
https://www.idealista.com/sala-de-prensa/informes-precio-vivienda/alquiler/madrid-comunidad/madrid-provincia/madrid/historico/
https://www.idealista.com/sala-de-prensa/informes-precio-vivienda/venta/madrid-comunidad/madrid-provincia/madrid/historico/
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_lvps08/default/table

Portugal
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20261017-tents-spring-up-in-lisbon-as-portugal-housing-protests-spread
https://www.idealista.pt/media/relatorios-preco-habitacao/venda/historico/
https://www.idealista.pt/media/relatorios-preco-habitacao/arrendamento/historico/

Serbia
https://youtu.be/Fjy6mFrB4gA?si=qo4y1xYBdUSAC0LS
https://apnews.com/article/serbia-students-election-vucic-b063b0ad14261bb74ad415bfed141941

Albania
https://youtu.be/pWa-aKVUmkE?si=E9x4fgsMM6pYzrgs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmy4xjlpqgd3o

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01:01 – France
02:05 – Italy
03:08 – Spain
04:10 – Portugal
04:39 – Albania
05:57 – Serbia
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We take a closer look at the state of Hungary’s economy before Magyar took office, why markets are apparently enthused, and ask whether the enthusiasm is actually merited.

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In this video, we’re going to take a closer look at the state of Serbian politics, why a student protest movement gained so much ground in the first place, and whether it actually stands a chance of beating Vucic’s party.

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Student List program:
https://studenti.org.rs/en/plan/
https://x.com/studentblokade/status/2105208664881557577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2105208664881557577%7Ctwgr%5E286dd96e36fbc96dbbcd3184e186b4f05377e279%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.danas.rs%2Fvesti%2Fpolitika%2Fstudenti-o-sankcijama-rusiji%2F
https://x.com/studentblokade/status/2055953192458834226
https://newunionpost.eu/2026/09/15/student-list-ready-serbia-elections/

Train station canopy collapse:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/1/mass-protests-planned-as-serbia-marks-anniversary-of-train-station-collapse
https://www.railwaypro.com/wp/president-vucic-inaugurates-novi-sad-subotica-high-speed-line/

CRTA report: https://crta.rs/en/first-interim-report-on-long-term-observation/

Snap elections:
https://www.politico.eu/article/serbia-leader-aleksandar-vucic-calls-snap-elections-after-dissolving-countrys-parliament/
https://srpske.rs/en/news/ekonomija/2026/08/02/serbia-600-million-euro-cash-handout-payment-dates

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