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What goes on in Poland on the 27th of July

What goes on in Poland on the 26th of July

Olgierd Geblewicz the Marshall of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship wants to start an international group, which will scrutinize the planned construction of Nord Stream 2 and its impact on the Baltic Sea.

„The Court’s verdict on the OPAL dispute will be made as late as in 2019. However, because of the Court’s President’s decision, until then Russian monopoly would be theoretically possible over the pipeline that transmits Russian gas through Germany to Central and Eastern Europe. However, the auctions will take place only in August 2018,” writes […]

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 […]

What goes on in Poland on the 24th of July

„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 […]

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 […]