Nord Stream 2.

We are talking to Rafał Trzaskowski, former Deputy Minister for European Affairs and current Member of the European Parliament, on the controversial Nord Stream 2 project. 

The European Commission started formal efforts to receive from Member States the mandate to negotiate with Russia the legal regime in which the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will operate & presented its proposal of this mandate on 26 June at the meeting of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (TTE, referred to henceforth as […]

During a press conference, Krzysztof Szczerski, chief of the President’s Cabinet said that one of the subjects at the Three Seas Initiative forum will be energy security, including gas supply security.

During a debate organized by the Centre for European Policy Studies entitled „Nord Stream 2 and EU Energy policy objectives,” experts from Europe and the United States talked about the controversial gas pipeline.

A journalists’ visit to Lubmin where the Nord Stream pipeline ends its journey from Russia and reaches Germany, was an opportunity to discuss the purpose of the controversial Nord Stream 2 project. Additionally, we also heard a new, environmentally friendly narrative employed by the proponents of the Russian gas pipeline, writes Wojciech Jakóbik, BiznesAlert.pl’s editor […]

The issues with the quality of natural gas delivered from the east via the Yamal Pipeline to Poland lasted two days. The cause of the malfunction remains unknown. However, such problems have become part and parcel of Poland’s gas landscape.

Sijbren de Jong from Hague Centre for Strategic Studies says that possible sanctions against controversial project Nord Stream 2 are not sure. However, if U.S. President agrees to sanctions, the project could face a serious risk.

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.