EU Votes To Support Plan That Could Halt Russia`s Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline
(World News Austria)

France and Germany overcame their differences to join European Union nations backed a plan to regulate Russia`s Nord Stream 2 pipeline on Friday, according to Deutsche Welle. The decision will likely slow but not rule out the construction for the pipeline that`s faced a long-stalled agreement between EU nations. Berlin was pushing for changes to the agreement in order to give it a larger say in how the pipeline carries Russian gas to Europe under the Baltic Sea. Chancellor Angela Merkel said the vote was an important display of close ties between Germany and France after the two major powers were previously at odds before the EU meeting on the contentious subject. Germany was opposing the...