EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO SHACKLE REDUCED TENS ENERGY SPENDING
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has finally approved the small Euro 155 million budget to finance new cross-border energy infrastructure under the EU trans-European network (TENs) programme for 2007-13, while transport gets Euro 8 billion. And at the same time, a European Commission steering committee is suggesting that applications to tap this small spending may also be subject to non-energy considerations, such as regional development plans and environmental issues. A Brussels 'communication' policy paper on the issue suggests ...
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