BRUSSELS’ EU ENERGY POLICY IS LAUNCHED WITH A FANFARE – BUT WHERE’S THE BEEF?
April 1st, 2007
BY DAVID HAWORTH, in BrusselsTHERE was a wonderful anti-climactic moment for journalists attending the end of the recent European Union (EU) summit in Brussels where it was agreed to tackle climate change and start developing a common European energy policy.With a conjurer's flourish German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the rapid phasing out by 2009 of standard incandescent light bulbs for domestic and office use. The hacks were delighted: that was the day's story.Then one of them asked how much this revolution would cost. Mrs Merkel looked blank, as did ...
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