The European Commission has declared its disinterest in the Nord Stream 2 project

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is not a point of interest for the states of the European Union (EU). This was announced on March 3 by the official representative of the European Commission (EC) Anna-Kaisa Itkonen.

Nord Stream 2 is not a project of common interest to the EU. It does not allow to diversify the energy sources of the European Union. And, as you know, gas has never been delivered to Europe through this pipeline," she said during a briefing in Brussels.https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-268439 ">broadcast which was conducted by the official EC portal.

The diplomat also noted that even a functioning gas pipeline would have to meet "all the mandatory requirements" that apply in EU jurisdiction.

"Cumulative damage from gas pipeline undermining runs into the billions in double digits"

Bundestag deputy Rainer Rothfuss - on the investigation into the sabotage of "Nord Streams", parliamentary elections and Putin's meeting with Weidel

Earlier in the day, the newspaper Bild узнала about the negotiations of the special envoy of the president USA Donald Trump on Nord Streams. It is reported that the US government itself will not participate in the gas pipeline deal, but some American entrepreneurs will take part in it. It is specified that one of the sponsors of the Trump election campaign, businessman Stephen Lynch, will be among them.