Politicians laud the construction as an important step towards independence from Russian gas, but the rushed construction comes at a high financial and environmental price.
While main suspect Eva Kaili gets most of the attention, the corruption case’s wider ripple effect, particularly in diplomatic relations with the major energy supplier, is making itself felt.
Charles Michel is growing increasingly impatient with Ursula von der Leyen’s failure to come up with measures to blunt the pain of high energy costs inflicted on EU citizens and companies.
