In the European Parliament plenary session debate on the energy security of the EU on Wednesday 23 November, several MEPs criticised the Commission’s handling of issues on the German-Russian gas pipeline project, Nord Stream-2, and the OPAL gas pipeline operation in Germany, attacking it for its ambivalent attitude towards Russian gas company Gazprom.
Krisjanis Karins (EPP, Lithuania) said that what the Commission is doing is incomprehensible: on the one hand, the EU may investigate...