Merkel said that the EU reached an agreement on the "Nord stream - 2"
Angela Merkel said that Europe came to an agreement on the " Nord stream - 2 ", told Reuters.
This was possible because of the close mutual work, said the Chancellor of Germany.
first of Agence France-Presse published data about the fact that Berlin and Paris had reached a compromise on amendments to the Gas Directive of the EU.
The new edition is that the Project cannot be locked, and all the key decisions for its implementation in the EU will take Germany, because its territory is the final destination of obtaining raw materials.
The project "Northern stream - 2" involves the laying of 2 gas thread with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year off the coast of Russia through the Baltic sea to Germany. Permission for the construction already given, Germany, Finland and Sweden left Denmark.
Against the "Nord stream - 2" are certain countries in the 1st place Ukraine, which fears to lose the income from the transit of gas from Russia, and the United States, promoting Grand plans to export its LNG to the European Union.
in addition, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland jointly stated that they do not approve of the project - their leaders believe that it is political.
Russia has many times urged to accept the pipeline as a tool of influence. According to Vladimir Putin, Moscow refers to the project as economic.