A top European Commission official said on Friday European Union members would be asked within days to give the bloc’s executive a mandate to negotiate with Russia over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which has bitterly divided the bloc, Reuters has reported.
The planned 9.5 billion euro pipeline project has led to a split between Eastern European and Baltic Sea states who fear it will increase their dependence on Russian gas and undermine Ukraine’s role from Germany and other beneficiaries in northern Europe who back the plan.
In a letter addressed to Denmark and Sweden on March 28, the Commission said …read more
Source: EU Today
