EUROPEAN COMMISSION CHOOSES PRAGMATISM IN LATEST MAJOR ENERGY INITIATIVE
November 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL, MJ DESCHAMPS
WHEN the European Commission heralds the oncoming launch of a major new energy initiative, it is usually wise to await the details with a healthy dose of scepticism. A master of hyperbole and repackaging old policies as new, the devil is always in the detail with grand European Union (EU) announcements. Just what is new and significant? And what is guff and hot air?
There has often been a lot of the latter and less of the former. And sometimes the Commission has just over-reached - for instance its almost Quixotic attempt to force ...
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