Poland’s Tusk Proposes Energy Union to Break Russian Hold on Gas
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk proposed a Europe-wide energy union, including a single body charged with purchasing gas supplies, as a means of breaking Russia’s “stranglehold” over the region’s energy market.
In an op-ed column published in today’s Financial Times, Tusk called for the creation of a European Union institution to negotiate energy contracts with Russia. Member states should also work more closely together on energy infrastructure to guarantee the security of supplies and look to better exploit fossil-fuel resources, he said.