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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 […]

Gazprom is pushing ahead with plans to build a second gas pipeline under the Baltic sea, straight form Russia to Germany. Supporters claim that Ukraine cannot be relied on as a transit partner, and that Europe will need more gas in the future. Georg Zachmann is unconvinced, and argues that the project should wait – […]

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, with the support of the European Commission, want to synchronise their power grids with European systems to reduce their dependence on Russia. A compromise reached on a connection via Poland does not specify the technical details and the Baltic States still have differences about what they want. Further support for integration […]

On June 8, on the premises of the Lech Kaczyński LNG Terminal, a ceremony welcoming the first LNG delivery from the US to Poland took place.

„The Nord Stream 2 project is slowing down and may be at least delayed. This is caused by the increasing risk related to supporting this controversial endeavor, which is upping costs for its European promoters. However, Russians introduced a red herring – fictional problems with Qatari LNG,” writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

The victory of the conservatives of Jarosław Kaczyński’s party in 2015 in Poland signaled Warsaw’s retreat from the pro-Russian energy policy of 2007-2015, carried out by the liberals of Donald Tusk’s party –  writes writes Janusz Kowalski in The Warsaw Institute Review.

Gazprom commitments will not provide any change to its anti-competitive practices in Central and Eastern European countries. PGNiG here presents possible remedies to address excessive pricing applied by the Russian energy giant in some CEE countries.