European Commission official says supply security one of five goals of new energy union
Europe has seized the opportunity provided by the Ukraine crisis to improve its energy security, according to Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy in the European Commission. The annexation of Crimea by Russia in March of 2014, and Moscow’s decision to shut off gas to Ukraine in June — echoes of the Kremlin’s actions in 2006 and 2009 — show just how vulnerable European countries are because of their dependence on Russia for gas, Cañete told a meeting hosted by the Atlantic Council’s Global …read more
Source: Atlantic Council