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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/lisbon strategy/environment

EEB welcomes Commission's prioritising of sustainable energy and energy efficiency in its progress report

Brussels, 27/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Environment Bureau (EEB), the biggest network of environmental NGOs in Europe, has welcomed the European Commission's Annual Progress Report on Growth and Jobs (on the EU-Member States partnership for growth and jobs unveiled on 25 January (see Europe 9117). In a press release, the EEB 'welcomes the choice of the Commission to include 'efficient, secure and sustainable energy' as one of its four priorities for the Lisbon process. It also...

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(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY/ENVIRONMENT: EEB welcomes Commission's prioritising of sustainable energy and energy efficiency in its progress report
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY/EUROCHAMBERS: Pierre Simon wants Member States to come up with more ambitious National Reform Programmes
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