Loyola de Palacio, Vice-President of the European Commission, Commissioner for Transport and Energy
An Energy Outlook for Europe - from today into the next 30 years
Workshop de Foratom, Brussels, 15 June 2004
Loyola de Palacio, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Transport and Energy presented the new trends of the European Energy policy in a conference titled: "An Energy Outlook for Europe - from today into the next 30 years". De Palacio made her speech in the Workshop of Foratom in Brussels on 15 June 2004.
"This evening, I would like to look ahead" she said "I would also like to take a wider view of Europe's energy future - a future in which all energy options play a full and sustainable role in Europe's economy; and one in which we, Europe's consumers, have a greater understanding about the energy which we use."
The main points of the conference were: the importance to Europe's energy future of diversity in our energy mix; durability or sustainability of our energy policies, and diplomacy or the international dimension of the EU energy policy.
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