At the European Council on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 March, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo raised the controversial issue of the Russian Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project, berating the European Commission for failing hitherto to present an economic impact assessment of a project which has aroused the distrust of some of the Baltic states and the hostility of several Eastern European countries.
According to a diplomatic source, European...