Environment. Parliament will today debate the plans of additional Russian gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, Nord Stream 2nd
Christian Democrat Mikael Oscarsson is one of those critical to the construction and requires the government to stop it, reports Swedish Radio the echo.
– Sweden has the opportunity on the basis of the UN Charter, where the ongoing war in Ukraine weighing more than maritime law. Therefore, Sweden should take on a leading role and not rely on the EU to make decisions without myself taking this stand and say thanks, but no thanks, says Mikael Oscarsson to echo.
the US Vice President Joe Biden declared in his visit to Sweden earlier that Nord Stream 2 is not desirable.
requests to build gas pipeline in international waters but within the Swedish economic zone will in a week the Industry Ministry.
According to the Swedish and international law must be the gas pipeline, which caused concern in many places, meet a series of requirements regarding, among other things, study of the seabed and environmental impact.
FACTS
The Nord Stream pipeline , which is actually two lines, going through the Baltic Sea from Vyborg in Russia to Lubmin in Germany and was commissioned in 2011 and 2012. the lines can transport 55 billion cubic meters of gas a year.
Nord Stream 2, two additional lines, is supposed to be parallel to the previous lines and will increase capacity to 110 billion cubic meters of gas. When, and if, the construction can get started is not yet clear.
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