02/05/2022 (Agence Europe) – In its current form, the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is fundamentally at odds with the European Union treaties, concludes a report published, on Wednesday 27 April, by the environmental NGO ClientEarth. Conducted by two researchers from the University of Amsterdam, the study points in particular to the controversial ‘investor-state dispute settlement’ (ISDS) mechanism, which allows companies to sue ECT signatory states in private arbitration courts. While...