The completion of the Energy Union is a priority declared and shared by the various European parties in view of the upcoming European elections, while the subject of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline divides political forces.
The leader of the European People's Party (EPP), Manfred Weber, is the only one, along with ACRE conservative candidate Jan Zahradil, to openly criticise the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project (see EUROPE B12241A11). For Mr Weber, the project, which...