Germany Fights Off EU Threat to Russian Natural-Gas Pipeline
- Berlin, Paris push through last-minute compromise on draft law
- Negotiations to start with European Parliament on final accord
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Germany safeguarded its plan to import more natural gas from Russia by diluting a European Union push for greater regulatory scrutiny over the project.
At a meeting in Brussels on Friday, diplomats from the 28-nation EU advanced a draft gas-market law while scaling back a provision that would raise hurdles for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.