Italian prime minister Romano Prodi has suggested there should be a central EU energy authority following energy blackouts over the weekend affecting millions of people in Germany, France, Spain and Italy.
The power loss halted hundreds of trains in Germany, created blackouts for an hour in the Italian regions of Piedmont, Liguria and Puglia and caused electricity loss in Madrid, Barcelona and Paris.
Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Croatia were also hit by the blackout which...
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