KOVACS MOVE
November 1st, 2004
KEITH NUTHALLTHE RENEWABLE power generation industry could find it has increased influence at the European Commission than expected, with the replacement of Hungary's Lázló Kovács as European Union (EU) energy Commissioner for the next five years. Following a lacklustre performance at a European Parliament hearing, MEPs judged him "incompetent" for this position and was subsequently moved to the post of tax Commissioner by EU president-elect José Manuel Barroso. And while Kovács was far from being anti-renewable, his replacement Andris Piebalgs, of ...
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