Brussels, 12/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - “Historic” was the word on everyone's lips in the European Council in Brussels on 12 December. With no resistance, EU heads of state and government approved the ambitious targets of the energy/climate change package, which seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, to have 20% of the EU's total consumption made up of renewable energy and to achieve 20% saving through energy efficiency by 2020.
But it was the unanimous agreement on the...