Which fuels are favoured in the Energy Union?

Commissioners Maros Sefcovic and Miguel Arias Canete were emphatic during the presentation of a paper on ‘energy union’ earlier this week: member states would not lose the right to decide their ‘energy mix’.

Yet the commission, through varying emphasis on different sources of energy, will be able to influence what energy path governments choose by setting targets, providing subsidies or co-finance schemes and adopting environmental compliance rules.

So although Wednesday’s energy...