Europe's electricity lobby

Commentator Ingrid Müller is appalled at the EU energy council's decision: "Credibility is a valuable asset - particularly when it comes to negotiation. However, this most recent session of the EU Energy Council forces one to conclude that the energy and economy ministers don't even know how to spell the word. By failing to impose legally binding minimum quotas for renewable energies on energy consumption and limiting themselves to giving recommendations, they are acting against their heads of government and state... Apparently it's not only the nuclear energy-fixated French who have influenced the Energy Council's decision. The power companies, which are making record profits thanks to their tax-deductible investments, have managed to talk the ministers into adopting their short-sighted business concept too."

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