Nord Stream 2 controversy goes far beyond Trump

Published: July 18, 2018, 10:33 a.m.

Germany\u2019s plans to build a new gas pipeline from Russia drew criticism from Donald Trump last week, in the latest spat between the US president and his supposed allies. In this case, though, he may be in line with European opinion: Several governments, pressure groups and even the European Commission oppose the pipeline on environmental or energy-security grounds. But stopping it won\u2019t be easy, as energy reporter Emily Waterfield explains to Brussels news editor Sam Wilkin.