While Member States’ permanent representatives (Coreper) were supposed to discuss the revision of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) on Wednesday, 16 November, with the aim of reaching a common position, the topic was, in the end, withdrawn from the agenda due to persistent divisions among the delegations.
According to information gathered by EUROPE, further discussions were still needed before Member States would be able to agree on a text defining the EU’s position on adopting the...