As the sixth round of talks to modernise the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) began on Tuesday 6 July, two leaked documents show a lack of real progress in the negotiations between the contracting parties, much to the dismay of the European Commission and some EU Member States, who want to bring the ECT more into line with the European Green Deal.
“The atmosphere was constructive, but progress was limited, especially on energy issues”, one of the documents reads.
These are actually reports...