GREEN MEPS PUSH FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY VERSION OF EURATOM
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GREEN group of the European Parliament is pushing for the establishment of a separate European Union (EU) treaty that would commit EU institutions to promoting the development of renewable energies.
The MEPs have been inspired by the success of another separate EU treaty - albeit one they are not fond of - the Euratom treaty, which guarantees separate budgets to assist the operation of nuclear power plants. It was set up in 1957, when the original European Economic Community was established, as a special collaborative initiative, working ...
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