FISCHLER ENERGY REFORM CALL ANTI-NUCLEAR PRO-BIOFUELS
May 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CURRENT European Commission's energy policies have been criticised by a leading member of the previous two Commissions, Austrian politician Franz Fischler, whose country currently holds the European Union's (EU) presidency. Speaking at a European Parliament seminar, Fischler questioned whether Europe should be securing its energy supplies with more gas pipelines to the "unstable" Middle East or Russia, from whom additional gas imports "would mean sealing dependency and not increasing security". Firmly backing tougher ...
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