Brussels, 17/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - On 17 February, the Commission announced its scoreboard on state aid, which showed that in 2014, the member states spent €101.2 billion, or 0.72% of GDP, in state aid to the manufacturing services, agriculture and fisheries sectors, an increase of around €33 billion on 2013.
The Commission argues that this reflects the fact that the states are increasingly aware that support for renewable energy involves state aid. The Commission also explains that...