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The agenda for the EU summit in Brussels in June 2008 does not altogether reflect the real challenges currently facing the Union. Social unrest in many countries caused by the high costs of energy and food should act as a warning to the leaders of the European Union who are preoccupied by the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland. We have to find answers to the concerns that European citizens have today, which have been shown clearly on the streets of many cities, including Brussels. It is not enough to set out ambitious plans for renewable energy and environmental protection. These may in fact result in additional costs and a worsening of Europe’s competitiveness in world markets. They may increase unrest rather than reduce it.
The proper response would be to agree a European strategy for combating high food and energy prices together with protection for poorer households. In this regard the Common Agricultural Policy should be reviewed. Before the diversification of energy sources and carriers comes into force, it is vital to liberalise the European market in order to create an interlinking system that can protect individual countries from energy blackmail. This can only happen when the 27 Member States decide to act together in the face of external energy suppliers such as Gazprom. At present the tendency to make bilateral agreements, as illustrated by Germany, Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary and Greece, is thwarting the chances of this happening. The Lisbon Treaty is not an essential precondition for European solidarity in the field of energy."@en1
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