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Dans cet article sur #turkish_stream (toujours pas de décision), les « incompréhensions » (au minimum) des pays d’Europe centrale sur la politique gazière de la CE (on rappellera que la non réalisation de #south_stream est une conséquence de la participation de Gazprom au projet, le même Gazprom étant associé à #north_stream II apparemment, sans que cela pose de problème)
In September, a group of European companies signed an agreement with Gazprom to expand its Nord Stream pipeline so that it can deliver increased volumes directly from Russia to Germany, also without pumping them through Ukraine.
Gazprom and Royal Dutch Shell form the new consortium for the project, which is called Nord Stream II and aims to double the route’s annual capacity to about 100 billion cubic meters of gas.
The new pipelines are due to start transporting gas by the end of 2019, according to the consortium.
The plan has met opposition from the U.S. government and some eastern European countries, which say it allows the Kremlin to squeeze Ukraine out from its role as a transit country.
The pro-Western government in Kiev, in power since street protests overthrew a Moscow-friendly president last year, earns significant revenues from transit fees.
Ten EU countries have written a letter to the European Commission saying that Nord Stream II runs counter to the bloc’s interests.
Polish Minister for Maritime Affairs Marek Grobarczyk told Reuters last week the project would harm energy security by deepening dependence on Russian gas.
“There is a broad agreement within EU countries ... that building Nord Stream II stands against the idea of diversification and the idea of the internal market and would lead to an increase of energy supplies from one direction and one supplier,” Grobarczyk said.
Hungary, a country which backed the aborted South Stream project, has accused the EU of exercising double standards over which pipeline routes it supports and which it opposes.
“They complained about South Stream because it would have bypassed Ukraine. Does Nord Stream II traverse Ukraine?”, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Nov. 20. “Interestingly, South Stream was problematic, while Nord Stream is not.”
