EU wakes up to global energy pressures

Energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs said energy supply has begun to play a key role in EU foreign policy in the past nine months, responding to criticisms of inaction from Polish MEP Bronislaw Geremek on Wednesday (11 January).

..The European Commission will “steer” the EU toward this goal at the Austrian presidency’s first summit in March, he added, warning that Europe faces “a major crisis in energy” in the next 20 years unless something is done.