OETTINGER SOOTHS CONCERNS ABOUT PRO-MOSCOW LEANINGS IN EU ENERGY POLICY
January 1st, 2010
BY DAVID HAWORTH
A PLAN to support European Union (EU) countries whose energy supplies from Russia might be disrupted in future was promised by the EU energy Commissioner designate, Günther Oettinger, when he appeared for before a European Parliament confirmation hearing last week (Thursday Jan 14).
"I shall put forward ideas about how EU member states should support any other member country who supplies are threatened," he told MEPs. Oettinger sought to dispel concerns, especially in eastern Europe, that he would pull EU energy policy closer to ...
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