MEPS BACK EU MARKET INTERVENTION TO SECURE KEY ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE

BY KEITH NUTHALL THE EUROPEAN Parliament has backed an activist role for European Union (EU) institutions in constructing energy infrastructure that cannot get sufficient market financing, yet promotes EU energy policy goals. A detailed resolution, for instance, backed the idea of issuing 'EU project bonds' to help finance pipelines, interconnectors and high power cables. It was assessing a November 2010 European Commission policy paper (or 'communication') on connecting EU energy networks. This job, recognised MEPs is incomplete, hampering the creation of a ...


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