The European Commission plans to liberalise energy market

Danuta Walewska applauds the European Commission's initiative: "If all goes according to plan for the Commission, Europeans will pay less for their electricity and supplies will be more secure... The Russian energy giant Gazprom or Algeria' Sonatrach wouldn't be allowed to acquire gas pipelines within the EU. Moreover, the construction of the controversial Baltic Sea pipeline running from Russia to Germany would also be called into question, because Gazprom would be co-owner of the pipeline while supply the gas at the same time. The Commission hopes to make this illegal. The Russian giant would be deprived of the possibility of blackmailing others by threatening to cut off gas supplies because the supply tap would belong to someone else."

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