The European Commission has confirmed that it has contacted the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) Secretariat with a view to having the adoption of the agreement to modernise the ECT removed from the agenda of the Energy Charter Conference on 22 November due to divisions within the Council of the European Union.
On the evening of Friday 18 November, the Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) failed to agree on a common EU position on this international trade and investment agreement,...