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Last Friday in the town of Straslund in northern Germany, a Polish delegation justified their concerns about Nord Stream 2 construction to German officials. The meeting took place in the local Mining Office. According to the Polish Radio’s unofficial sources Poland demands that the gas pipeline be buried below the seabed. The Nord Stream 2 […]

„The European Parliament is able to stop the construction of Nord Stream 2,” argues professor Jerzy Buzek, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), in an interview for Biznesalert.pl. In his opinion, it would be a lot more profitable for European companies to invest in the Ukrainian transmission network. 

I‘ve gained access to the draft mandate of the European Council for EC negotiations with Russia on the Nord Stream 2 project. It’s a classified document and only a few people have access to it in every Member State, which means legally I am only allowed to discuss it”, says Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief […]

An interview with Maciej Woźniak, PGNiG’s Vice-President of the Management Board for Trade. He explains the benefits that the LNG terminal in Świnoujście offers his company.

US President Trump has made it clear that he is not happy with the Paris Agreement. This week he will announce whether the US will withdraw from the Agreement altogether. What might that mean for the global fight against climate change? US decarbonisation is already well underway but the EU would need to step up […]

What goes in Poland on 5th of July.

Breugel think tank analyst Georg Zachmann states that Nord Stream 2 defence from Austria and Germany is “a surprise”. Austrian Chancellor and German minister for foreign affairs condemned U.S. Senate proposal of new sanctions against Russia, including the ones against controversial project Nord Stream 2.

„German and Austrian socialists condemned the US Senate bill, which called for introducing sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and companies engaged in its construction. By defending the project, which legitimizes Russia’s dominant position in the region, minister Gabriel and chancellor Kern challenged European solidarity, which they so eagerly invoke,” writes Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, […]

The ongoing debate on the European Commission negotiation mandate on Nord Stream 2 is no cause for optimism – writes Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Polish Member of the European Parliament.

„On 13 June 2017 at the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship Office in Szczecin an information meeting was held on the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The consortium responsible for the project had the opportunity to present the facts, while Polish citizens and other interested parties were able to ask questions,” writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief […]