Angela Merkel retired, page-18

"Becoming dependent on Russia for winter energy supplies made Germany less secure. "


that was mainly Gerhard Schröder's doing......Merkel's predecessor



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Schr%C3%B6der#Business_activities

"As Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder was a strong advocate of the Nord Stream pipeline project, which now supplies Russian gas directly to Germany, thereby bypassing transit countries."

Schröder went on to be "Chairman of the Shareholders' Committee at Nord Stream"

AND

"An independent director of the board of Russia's biggest oil producer Rosneft"


it appears Germany is not short of self-serving politicians