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EU court sides with Poland over Russia’s Gazprom

11.09.2019 17:18
Europe's top court on Tuesday ruled in favour of a Polish bid to restrict the access of Russia’s state-run Gazprom company to the Opal gas pipeline running through Germany along the Polish border.
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Krzysztof Tchórzewski.
Krzysztof Tchórzewski.Photo: PAP/Tomasz Gzell

Warsaw hailed the decision as one that will safeguard energy security in the region.

“The court agreed with our arguments, and the European Commission's decision was overruled,” Poland's Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchórzewski said.

He added that the court’s ruling would help “maintain our energy security, as well as that of Lithuania and Ukraine, whose gas transit could have been completely halted if Opal’s capacity had been fully taken over by Gazprom.”

Michał Owczarek reports.