EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) energy

Strong opposition at European Parliament to planned North Stream-2 gas pipeline

Brussels, 10/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - At a plenary debate with the Commissioner for Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete, on Monday 9 May, many members of the European Parliament warned of the geopolitical risks to the unity of the EU and the threat to the energy security of some of its member states of the German-Russian project to double the North Stream gas pipeline, North Stream-2.

“This is a subject of concern for the member states of central and eastern Europe, as is made clear by the...