The EU is preparing a gas conspiracy against Russia

The European Commission is preparing a project on establishment of the energy Alliance of Western States. It is known that the idea of the European Union implies the limit for investment of domestic firms in the European energy sector.

European powers began to think seriously about creating energy Union. According to the idea of the EU analogous the Association will monitor the energy relations of the Western States in the field of policy and regulation.

It became known that the European Commission intends to implement the project energenius already in 2015-2016. Although, like many European documents, the project is largely descriptive, it contains new, relevant points concerning the interaction with the main General supplier of gas to Europe, Russia, informs Kommersant, citing the document. To implement the idea of the EU European Commissioner for energy, trade, industry and competition is expected to charge for 2015 to develop a detailed scheme of joint procurement of imported gas.

Note that we are talking about the fact that European consumers can come together for negotiations with gas suppliers in consequence of the EU, which should increase market power of European firms. Similar idea is supported by many followers of the Western States, such as European Council President Donald Tusk, but even among the politicians there on this pretext consensus. So, for example, German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke about the implementation of such a situation with caution.

Among other things against centralized procurement is most of the major players in the gas market. According to some European firms hope that the issue of coordination of gas imports will be closed in itself, as it happened after the gas crisis of 2009. With all this large firms fear that if the idea is enshrined in the documents of the European Commission, to bury her will be difficult. Moreover, the competent authorities of the EU intend to submit an agreed draft actions energenius in early January, and the scheme of joint procurement - not later than the first quarter of 2015.

In addition to the European commissioners can be trusted "to discuss investment companies 3 States, such as Russia in the European energy market in the context of energy security." Besides, the technicians reported that a similar term intentions directly aimed against Gazprom, which owns various transport and distribution assets in the European Union. in this regard, his involvement in the sales could increase dramatically as a consequence of the transaction on the exchange of assets with the German company BASF, which company came to an agreement in early November 2012.

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