SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy

Some 80 scientists call on French Presidency of EU Council to work on exit from Energy Charter Treaty

Brussels, 21/06/2022 (Agence Europe)

In a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron and the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission, 77 scientists asked the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union to work towards a collective exit of Member States from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) on Tuesday 21 June, 3 days before a meeting of the ECT signatory parties to conclude the treaty revision process.

Launched in 2018, this process aims to modernise the ECT, which has been in force since...