Poland wants EU to ban Nord Stream 2

Poland wants the European Union to ban the construction of a second pipeline to pump Russian gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea, alleging it undermines the bloc's strategic interests and violates competition rules. Plans to build the Nord Stream 2 pipeline "go far beyond matters of energy, because in our region of Europe, the gas trade has strategic consequences," Poland's incoming conservative Minister for EU Affairs, Konrad Szymanski, was quoted as saying Thursday by the Polish PAP news agency.