On Tuesday 19 July, the members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) approved by a large majority (55 votes in favour, 15 against and 2 abstentions) the compromise text reached on 6 July on the reform of the electricity market (see EUROPE B13217A11).
This text will also not have to go through a new vote in plenary, so inter-institutional negotiations with the Council of the EU can begin in the autumn, once the EU Council has adopted its...