Sputnik: Transit Countries Should Have Final Say on South Stream Gas Pipeline
The majority of people in the countries that were to host the South Stream gas pipeline say it should not have been up to the European Commission to decide whether to give the green light to the project that was to bring Russian natural gas to Europe, a poll conducted by ICM Research exclusively for Sputnik News Agency showed.
The survey revealed that 66 percent of respondents in Bulgaria and 52 percent in Serbia believe their countries should have had the final say on the South Stream gas pipeline.
In Austria, 42 percent said the decision was theirs to make, while 46 percent said it was rightfully left to the European Commission, the European Union's executive body.
Austria, Bulgaria and Serbia were to host sections of a Russian alternative gas transport route, which was to bypass Ukraine. Its estimated capacity was 63 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year.
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