Mrs. Merkel announced: EU reached an agreement on the "Nord Stream - 2" project
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that the EU has reached an agreement on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, - as Reuters reports.
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Earlier, AFP news agency reported on Friday that Germany and France had reached a compromise on "Nord Stream-2" and introduced it to EU ambassadors in Brussels.
Quoting a draft document, AFP further reported that Germany will oversee the revision of the European gas directive, as "it is on its territory or territorial waters that the first branch of the pipeline will be deployed".