SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy

Member States approve European Commission’s proposal for coordinated withdrawal from Energy Charter Treaty

Brussels, 07/03/2024 (Agence Europe)

At the Competitiveness Council on Thursday 7 March, European ministers approved the European Commission’s proposal for a coordinated exit from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), following the agreement reached the previous day by the Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) (see EUROPE B13365A28).

This Commission proposal was introduced in July 2023 (see EUROPE B13218A6) in an attempt to find a way out of the deadlock in the negotiations, with some Member States arguing in favour...