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Comment: The next big project for the EU is energy
It must build a new body to facilitate action in climate change, energy security and sustainable competitiveness, write Michaele Schreyer and Ralf Fuecks
Setback to biofuels expansion
Legislators called for a halt to proposals raising the EU’s use of biofuels amid a report showing that plant-based fuels compete with food production for fertile land
EU backs weekly release of oil data
The European Union agreed in principle to publish weekly oil stocks data in an attempt to inject more transparency into a market where prices regularly touch record highs
French car tax to spur green upheaval
France is to slap an annual green tax on high-emission cars, such as sports utility vehicles, and extend punitive taxes to more environmentally damaging products
Paris makes energy its top EU aim
France has made a common energy and environment policy by the end of the year the top priority of its six- month presidency of the European Union, which begins next week
Chubais hits at EU ‘fear’ of Gazprom
Anatoly Chubais, one of Russia’s leading liberal reformers, has accused the European Union of trying to limit the Russian company’s access to its natural gas market for political reasons
France defends plan to cap VAT on petrol
Germany says the EU should look at the root cause of high oil prices amid its disapproval of the French proposal to use tax policies to alleviate the impact on fuel users
EU accuses GDF, Eon over natural gas pipeline
The European Commission said it had sent statements of objections to state-owned Gaz de France and German utility Eon concerning illegal cartel activity over a gas pipeline contract
Energy companies could face restructuring
Big groups such EDF and ENI could be forced to reshape their businesses after EU countries reached a deal to boost competition in the union’s power sector
EU energy break-up hangs in the balance
Big integrated energy groups could be forced to reorganise their businesses if member states agree on divisive proposals by Brussels to increase competition in the sector
