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The report calls for an independent environmental impact assessment of the pipeline (Photo: Nord Stream)

MEPs hit out at controversial Baltic gas pipeline

Plans to build a gas pipeline beneath the Baltic Sea, connecting Russia and Germany, have run into strong criticism in the European Parliament, with a number of lawmakers calling for alternative overland routes to avoid potential environmental damage.

Polish centre-right MEP Marcin Libicki has drawn up a report on the controversial pipeline in response to complaints by Polish and Lithuanian environmental associations.

The report urges the EU to "use every legal means at [its] di...

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The report calls for an independent environmental impact assessment of the pipeline (Photo: Nord Stream)

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