On Thursday 11 December, the members of the ‘industry, energy and research’ committee of the European Parliament supported, by 53 votes to 3 with two abstentions, a non-legislative draft resolution prepared by their chair, Jerzy Buzek (EPP, Poland), calling for more research and innovation, adequate financing and increased citizen participation in the new model of the production and consumption of energy, to support the rise of clean energies.
The draft text reiterates that the...