© AFP/File Sergei SupinskyBrussels (AFP) – The EU will unveil Wednesday plans to give it power to examine energy contracts that European states sign with countries outside the bloc, amid concerns about Europe’s dependence on Russian gas.
Brussels is aiming to beef up its legal arsenal one year after launching a landmark “energy union” strategy to secure supplies for the 28-nation EU against a backdrop of tensions with Russia over Ukraine.
EU energy commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said in a speech late Monday that the aim of the proposals “is simple: to prevent and mitigate possible security of gas supply crises.”
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