Ex-Foreign Minister to Become Nabucco Consultant

Former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has reportedly taken a job, June 2009, as a consultant for the Nabucco pipeline project, which will deliver natural gas from the Caspian region to Europe. The Nabucco Pipeline is a European Union backed project designed to ease the EU's dependence on Russian natural gas.

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BBC News, 3.7.09: Europe nears gas pipeline accord http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8133236.stm

Deutsche Welle, 7.7.09: German lobbyists work for gas pipelines http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4461363,00.html

EurActiv, 30.7.09: France's GDF Suez to join Nord Stream pipeline http://en.ria.ru/business/20100301/158053081.html

The Economist, No.8640, 18.7.09: German politicians and pipelines. Joschka Fischer v Gerhard Schröder http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14041654

ESO: Background information: Europe's pipeline politics http://www.europeansources.info/record/europes-pipeline-politics/

France24, 26.6.09: Germany's Fischer to promote EU gas pipeline http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4434024,00.html

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