Czech Republic refuses backing for opposition to Nord Stream II

Radio Praha broadcaster informed that on Wednesday the Czech government refused to give its backing to a move by seven European states led by Slovakia to oppose new gas pipeline links from Russia under the Baltic. The proposal to join the joint approach to the European Commission was put before the government by Minister of Industry and Trade Jan Mládek. But the government did not agree to support the move against Nord Stream II. The letter to Brussels was backed by all the Baltic States, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.