The Nordstream II project is curious, because it is just a project to double capacity of the existing Nordstream pipelines. It comes in addition to other pipeli

The Nordstream II project is curious, because it is just a project to double capacity of the existing Nordstream pipelines. It comes in addition to other pipelines which already supply Europe from Russia. If this pipeline has any political relevance it is making Germany less dependent on Poland's and Ukraine's relationship with Russia. The Russian influence on Germany stays the same.