Nord Stream 2 Could Still End Up In "Investment Ruin"

Nord Stream 2, the controversial pipeline, may yet flop, according to the co-leader of the European Greens, Reinhard Butikofer. In an interview with German dpa, the co-chair of the Green Party in the European Parliament said there are still obstacles that Nord Stream 2 needs to clear before it is put into operation, and even after it clears them, the European Commission could still stop the project and turn it into an "investment ruin.

" Nord Stream 2 is set to expand the capacity of an existing pipeline under the Baltic Sea to Germany twofold,…