BRUSSELS, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The European Investment Bank is unlikely to fund a controversial gas pipeline from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea because of opposition by central European countries, the bank's president said on Thursday.

"There is clear opposition from several member states ... to financing this project," EIB chief Philippe Maystadt told a news conference. "We need unanimity. As long as there is this opposition, we will be unable to finance this project."

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