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 "slug": "nato-jsec-commander-lt-gen-rohrschneider-sets-eur21bn-requirement-for-eastern-europe-pipeline-extension",
 "title": "NATO JSEC Commander Lt Gen Rohrschneider Sets €21BN Requirement for Eastern Europe Pipeline Extension",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/nato-jsec-commander-lt-gen-rohrschneider-sets-eur21bn-requirement-for-eastern-europe-pipeline-extension/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/nato-jsec-commander-lt-gen-rohrschneider-sets-eur21bn-requirement-for-eastern-europe-pipeline-extension/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-03-18T00:52:00.000+01:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:52:51.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrussels, 18 March 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Lt Gen Kai Rohrschneider, commander of NATO's Allied Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC), set out an approximately €21 billion 25-year requirement for extending the alliance's 10,000 km fuel pipeline network into Poland, the Baltic states, Finland and Romania\n * Current network — inherited from the Cold War-era Central Europe Pipeline System (CEPS) — terminates in western Germany; the proposed Eastern Europe Pipeline System (EEPS) clos",
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  "lithuania",
  "poland"
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 "tags": [
  "mdf-military-doctrine-force-structure",
  "nato-eu-defense-initiatives",
  "central-eastern-europe",
  "polish-lithuanian-axis"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "bundeswehr",
  "finland",
  "germany",
  "nato",
  "poland",
  "russia"
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