As one of the infrastructure projects selected under the EU Trans-European Energy Networks (TEN-E) initiative, the Nord Stream submarine pipeline, which would link up Germany and Russia directly, is "a project of European interest that would help to meet the EU’s future energy needs", says the report by Petitions Committee Chair Marcin LIBICKI (UEN, PL)
Eiropas Parlamenta deputāti uzskata: "Ir arī nepieciešams, lai Eiropas Savienību uzlūkotu kā spēcīgāku politisko spēku."