INTELLIGENT ENERGY CONCERNS
February 1st, 2005
KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Forum for Renewable Energy Sources (EUFORES) is opposing European Commission plans to roll its Intelligent Energy for Europe (IEE) programme into a new umbrella scheme promoting competitiveness and innovation. Brussels is considering its medium-term spending plans from 2007-2013 and wants more flexibility in its ability to boost economic productivity in the European Union (EU), following its so-called 'Lisbon strategy' to outpace the US and Japan. But EUFORES warns: "Integrating the IEE programme into another programme would mean a loss ...
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