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The European Union proposed November 8 to extend its natural-gas regulations to offshore pipelines, marking the latest effort to derail an energy link between Russia and Germany that is fueling tensions within the bloc.

The European Commission, the bloc’s executive, unveiled an amendment to energy rules after a monthslong struggle to intervene in the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline project.

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