UOKiK NS2 Decision: ‘Alternative Facts’ & ‘Sanctimonious Hypocrisy’ [GGP]
Dec 11, 2020 2:10:pm
Summary UOKiK should clean up the foreclosed Polish market in front of its own doorsteps instead of acting ‘Headmaster’ for the EU.
by: Wolfgang Peters
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Executive Summary
The UOKiK decision imposing fines on Gazprom and five Western companies in conjunction with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project (‘NS2’) is based on market facts, which are false without exception. Since we find it hard to believe that a competition authority is unaware of the true state of the markets, we choose to call them ‘
alternative facts’, deliberately put forward to justify its obviously politically motivated decision. To add insult to injury, the alternative facts are presented in sanctimonious hypocrisy fashion (“