In a new threat to the Russia-Germany Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Romania has won the support of half of the EU’s 28 member states for a bill that would require European Commission approval of new gas lines to Europe

In a new threat to the Russia-Germany Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Romania has won the support of half of the EU’s 28 member states for a bill that would require European Commission approval of new gas lines to Europe, reports Polish Radio. In 2018, such legislation was blocked by Bulgaria and then Austria, the two countries that rotated through the presidency of the Council of the European Union. On Jan. 1, Romania took over. Two weeks later, on Tuesday, it presided over discussions of a pipeline permission bill. On July 1, Finland, another Russia skeptic country, takes over presidency for the second half of 2019. Gazprom plans to finish the Ukraine bypass pipeline by the end of this year.