In an interview to Euractiv on 14 September Virginie Schwarz, the Director for Energy at the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy (MEDE), outlined the position of France and five other EU countries that defend their right to take necessary market capacity measures (see EUROPE 12094, 12095).
As part of the debates that took place on 17 and 18 September in Austria during the informal European energy ministers' meeting, France holds a common position, along with other...