Brussels, 20/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) suggests that a European poverty monitoring centre be set up and it should focus on energy poverty. In an own-initiative report adopted on Wednesday 20 September, the EESC calls for a European commitment to security and energy solidarity, particularly important at a time when Europeans are facing growing social and economic precariousness and rising energy prices.
The EESC says that a first step towards...