“If you are connected to someone, then the person on the other side of the connection can hurt you. It is not of benefit to Europe , or European energy security. These connections can be destabilising. “We in Europe have been talking about dependence on Russian gas for quite some years already, but if you look at the numbers, the dependence on Russia has been increasing not decreasing. It is a big worry. Europe has to increase its independence from Russian gas. It is so important.”
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