Brussels, 05/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is proposing to step up renewable energy production in the Mediterranean region. Addressing an assembly of regional representatives and local authorities of the Euro-Mediterranean area, who met at the initiative of the EU Committee of the Regions on 16 January, the UfM deputy secretary, Sotiris Varouxakis of Greece, said this was an “absolute necessity” for the region.
Varouxakis stressed the need for local and...