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EU needs Baltic Sea gas pipe, German ex-leader says

The Baltic Sea gas pipe will bolster EU energy security and will not hurt the environment, ex-German chancellor turned Gazprom employee Gerhard Schroeder said in Brussels on Wednesday (7 February), defending one of the most divisive projects in the EU today.

"I have no problem in taking part in a project that helps the security of supply of all of Europe," the chairman of Gazprom subsidiary Nord Stream - which is developing the project - said. "Wherever I can be helpful in talks with ...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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