After Poland and Spain, the Netherlands also intends to exit the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), according to a statement made by the Dutch Minister of Environment and Energy, Rob Jetten, on Tuesday 18 October in a speech to the Parliament.
“The European Commission’s mandate was to bring the ECT into line with the Paris Agreement. Despite the many modernisations that are now part of the negotiation outcome, we do not see how the ECT has been sufficiently aligned with the Paris...