White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that President Joe Biden believes the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline is a “bad deal for Europe” and the administration will review restrictions on the project.
Psaki made the remarks in response to a question at a White House press briefing, when she was asked by Polish Radio reporter Marek Walkuski whether Biden is “determined to use all the tools he has, like sanctions, to stop the project.” Poland has long opposed the mammoth project that would let Germany double its Russian gas imports, with the Polish anti-monopoly watchdog in October fining Gazprom, the Russian state energy company leading the project, $7.61 billion over the pipeline, arguing it would have “serious consequences for Poland’s and the EU’s economy.”
