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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10194
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy

Concerned by BP's forthcoming drilling off Libya, Italy supports Commissioner Oettinger's proposal for a moratorium

Brussels, 03/08/2010 (Agence Europe) - Stefania Prestigiacomo, Italy's Environment Minister, is the first EU minister to publicly rally to the suggestion made by European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger that there should be a moratorium on oil drilling in deep waters. Cited by the British daily, The Financial Times, on 1 August, Prestigiacomo says that an international moratorium might be “appropriate” until the 21 Mediterranean littoral countries - European or not - find a...