The EU’s position on the Nord Stream 2 project has long been consistent: the Bloc opposes it. The European Parliament has reiterated their stance in a number of resolutions. No decisions have been passed approving this project. At the same time, by saying that it’s the EU, not Germany, who will ultimately decide on the NS2 completion in the context of Navalny poisoning, Angela Merkel is betting on a suggestion that a critical mass of politicians will be created in the European Commission who will support the project.
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Gas pipes bound for the Russian pipe laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy (not in picture) that is moored in the port of Mukran near Sassnitz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, north eastern Germany, are pictured on Sept. 7, 2020, as the ship waits to continue pipe laying works for the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline.
