NS2 will enable Russia to use gas as pressure tool, PM warns

The Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipeline will enable Russia to use its natural gas resources as a pressure tool on Europe, Poland's prime minister said on Thursday in Brussels ahead of an EU summit. Commenting on the summit's planned focus on energy, Mateusz Morawiecki said Russia's gas supply policy was one of the reasons for the current steep energy price hikes. As the second reason he named speculations with CO2 emission rights.