Wall Street Journal: Plan for joint venture to build gas pipeline from Russia to Germany falters

A plan for multiple large European energy companies to team up to build a second natural-gas pipeline from Russia to Germany has collapsed, but the impact on the overall project was unclear. An application with Poland’s competition authority to form a joint venture to build a pipeline called Nord Stream 2 was withdrawn in the face of opposition from Warsaw, where the deal was seen as giving Russia greater sway over Polish energy supplies.