Brussels, 23/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with the daily newspaper Berliner Zeitung published on 23 June the European Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs speaks in favour of the principle of direct aid to the most disadvantaged faced with the rocketing oil prices which, in most European countries, have caused angry protests among the professions most affected and hit household purchasing power hard. Such aid is “absolutely necessary”, he says, stressing “the need to act...