On Thursday 23 June, on the eve of a meeting of ECT signatories to conclude the revision process of this international treaty, the European Parliament called on the European Commission and Member States to prepare for a coordinated exit from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).
Launched in 2018, this process aims to modernise the ECT, which has been in force since 1998, to bring it more in line with today’s economic and energy reality.
The treaty has been widely criticised for hindering the...