In a joint statement to the European Commission published on Sunday 22 October, the “Friends of Renewables” group - comprising Austria, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Portugal - called for the expansion of renewable energies to be speeded up and for the necessary framework conditions to be created.
“In addition to the renewable energy target” (see EUROPE B13267A30), this group of Member States has therefore proposed a set...