The laws of the market are not enough. The cause has been heard: no one is in any doubt any more about the highly political nature of discussions or negotiations on the subject of EU energy supply, even if they take place at company level. The latest developments in the stance of the Russian authorities and Gazprom leave no room for puzzlement or hesitation. Last month I spoke of the apparently divergent positions of European Commissioner Joaquin Almunia, the President of the Eurogroupe...