The leader of the European People's Party (EPP), Manfred Weber, said on Tuesday 23 April that he would try to stop the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project if he became President of the European Commission.
“I am against this project. It reinforces the EU's dependence on Russian gas rather than reducing it”, Weber told the Polish newspaper Polska The Times, whereas the German government is in favour of the project.
That is why, as President of the European Commission, Mr Weber...