Yet these concerns have been pushed aside by the powerful pro-Nord Stream lobby, led by former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who, having approved Nord Stream while in office, was quickly hired by Gazprom after he left it. In most democracies, such a move would have quickly received prosecutorial attention.
但这些关注却都被强大的北溪关系政治游说团抛到了一边，而该游说团正是由当年在位时批准了北溪管线计划，并在卸任后旋即受雇于俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司的德国前总理格哈德·施罗德所率领的。在大多数民主国家，这样的举动很快会受到监察部门的关注。但对施罗德受雇于该公司的正当性的严肃调查却从来没有启动过，这可能是受制于德俄两国经济关系的范围和严重性。