In Brussels on Thursday 2 March, the European Parliament approved, with 542 votes in favour, 87 against and 19 abstentions, new European rules for the transparency of inter-governmental agreements (IGAs) between the member states of the EU and third countries in the field of energy, which provide for ex-ante checks to be carried out by the European Commission on these agreements before they are signed.
In so doing, the MEPs approved the agreement concluded in December 2016 between...