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The EU needs to save energy to offset the power of exporters, with Russia able to switch off one in four of Europe's lights (Photo: Wikipedia)

EU must save energy to offset import risks, Barroso says

The EU must cut internal energy waste by 20 percent by 2020 to combat import dependency on countries such as Russia, the European Commission's efficiency action plan will urge next week.

"Over half of all energy produced by Europeans is not being used by Europeans," said commission president Jose Manuel Barroso during a meeting with Norwegian foreign minister Jonas Gahr Store in Brussels on Tuesday (10 October), adding that unchecked waste will cost the EU €100 billion a year by 2020 an...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

The EU needs to save energy to offset the power of exporters, with Russia able to switch off one in four of Europe's lights (Photo: Wikipedia)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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