Nord Stream 2: political project in breach of European solidarity

"The Nord Stream 2 project is a political project in breach of European solidarity", said Jacek Saryusz-Wolski MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group responsible for Foreign Affairs, speaking at today's plenary debate on the preparation of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 December 2015. He recalled the EPP Group’s position on the matter as voted unanimously in the Group's strategic position paper on the External Dimension of Energy Security.

"As the EU Council will address the issue of the Energy Union policy and Nord Stream 2, let me recall that the EPP Group believes that the Nord Stream 2 agreement is not in line with the EU strategy of diversification of sources of supply and routes of transit of imported energy. It is not in line either with the EU’s energy security strategy and foreign, security and Eastern Partnership policy goals and reinforces the EU’s dependency on the Russian gas supply”, he concluded.