Brussels, 12/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The battle for the liberalisation of the gas and electricity markets has already begun during a debate that opened Monday morning, in the framework of the Internal Market/Consumer Council, to prepare discussions for the Stockholm Summit on the deepening of the single market. Six delegations pleaded in favour of a rapid liberalisation and five placed emphasis on retaining the principle of "general interest". A broad consensus did, however, emerge on the...