The European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, regretted the lack of sufficient prior sustainability assessment of the gas projects included in the European Union’s fourth list of ‘Projects of Common Interest’ (PCIs) on Tuesday 17 November in the conclusions of her inquiry opened on 13 February (see EUROPE B12426A14).
“It is regrettable that gas projects were included on previous PCI lists, without having their sustainability properly assessed. This meant that it was not possible to rank...