Asked by the news service, EurActiv, whether an energy savings goal should be considered in EU energy strategy, Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger replied:
“I feel that it would be appropriate to propose a binding energy efficiency target and make that proposal to the Council, and to the Parliament.”
“Now more than ever energy efficiency and energy savings need to be our first response to energy import dependence,” the commissioner said at a meeting to launch the EU’s long-awaited energy security strategy.
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