In the run up to the EU Summit of today, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi firmly lashed out at a German-Russian pipeline initiative. Italy’s statement should be read as a signal of the country’s frustration towards what it perceives to be German double standards says Sijbren de Jong to Politico Europe.

The full article can be read here.

A few days prior to the European Summit, Politico Europe published a series of interviews with experts on the Nord Stream II pipeline. Sijbren de Jong was among those interviewed. The full article (behind a paywall) can be read here.

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