The European Commission on Monday (6 November) used the weekend electricity blackouts across Europe to call for more powers for dealing with energy issues at the EU level.
Reacting to the power cuts that affected millions of citizens in mainly Germany, France, Italy and Spain, energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs said "These incidents show, once again, that events in one part of Europe impact on other parts and again confirm the need for a proper European energy policy."
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