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Germany is effectively blocking initiatives that can, if not block, at least imply the EU law towards Nord Stream 2 investment, criticized by the European Commission. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Poland may be the last opportunity to speak honestly about this topic. Germany should support the revision of the gas directive if they want […]

What goes on in Poland on the 19th of March.

What goes on in Poland on the 9th of March.

Piotr Stępiński, editor of BiznesAlert.pl comments the appeal of Nord Stream 2 financial partners to ensure that it is not subordinated to EU law.

Seven German politicians protesting against Nord Stream 2 seem few. However, this is the tip of the iceberg. The resistance blade in Germany is directed against the branch of the disputed gas pipeline, namely EUGAL, without which Nord Stream 2 will be a gas pipeline nowhere. It turns out that it can cost the German […]

Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and expert on international relations Przemysław Żurawski vel Grajewski comments on the influence of Russia’s economic policy on transatlantic relations, among others on the example of the contested Nord Stream 2 project.

In late November 2017 the Nord Stream 2 has been blamed by the U.S. Department of State for being Kremlin’s weapon of political blackmailing, which soon could be torpedoed by the U.S. sanctions against Russia[i]. The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is the new route for gas transit that Russian Gazprom and its European partners […]

The main topics of talks between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki were bilateral relations, the situation in Ukraine, migration policy and defense. The politicians also discussed the construction of the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. According to Germany, this is an economic project. This view of the gas pipeline […]

What goes on in Poland on the 16th of February.

The company responsible for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline wants to start a controversial project in the summer. Meanwhile, even if the Russians manage to finish work on time, it is possible that they will not be able to use the new pipeline yet, and thus leave transit through Ukraine – […]