FISCHLER SPEECH EU RENEWABLES PROMOTION CALL
May 1st, 2006
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
A LEADING member of the previous two European Commissions, Austrian politician Franz Fischler has called on the current regime to better promote renewable energy and dissuade the use of dirty fossil fuels. Fischler, whose country currently holds the European Union's presidency, was speaking at a European Parliament seminar. He criticised the current Commission, questioning whether Europe should be building more gas pipelines to the "unstable" Middle East or unreliable Russia. Ex Commissioner Fischler said: "For me, ...
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