Poland calls on Germany to halt Nord Stream 2
Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called on Wednesday on Germany to halt the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, as Warsaw sees the project as a threat to the stability of the region.
“This reaction should lead, first of all, to the stoppage of work on the Nord Stream 2, which strengthens Russia’s power, helps President Putin to build a military power, helps to intimidate other nations,” Morawiecki told public radio.
“We have Germany on our western border without which this project does not make sense … I call on them to see what is happening in Belarus, what is happening in Ukraine, how much risk the completion of this project will generate in Ukraine.”
Nord Stream 2, an underwater pipeline to bring gas from Russia to Germany, is 90% complete and is due to start operation next year. But German politicians have suggested they could withhold support after the suspected poisoning of Alexei Navalny, a leading Kremlin critic now being treated in Germany.