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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9023

9 September 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/energy
Socialists and Greens urge Commission to launch immediate inquiry into oil industry speculation

Strasbourg, 08/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - The Greens in the European Parliament have welcomed the European Commission's reaction to soaring world oil prices (see Europe 9021) but have called for a more coherent and coordinated strategy that include the transport sector. Luxembourg MEP Claude Turmes explained 'the range of measures proposed by the Commission is insufficient and too weak… Roughly 70% of the oil consumed in Europe is used by the transport sector… When transport accounts for...

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