Villepin calls for ‘patriotic’ EU energy policy

Speaking at the Bertelsmann Foundation on 22 September, Dominique de Villepin outlined his vision of a European energy policy based on “three pillars”:

A European energy diplomacy led by a special representative so that Europe “speaks with one voice” on the international scene;
the “convergence of national energy policies” in terms of production, investment, transport and storage of energy -the ITER project being a prime example of such co-operation, and;
the co-ordination of strategic oil and gas reserves to prevent market speculation.
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