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2/23/06

Prague Daily Monitor: Paroubek says EU should have single energy policy

Prague Daily Monitor

Paroubek says EU should have single energy policy

PRAGUE, Feb 22 (CTK) - The European Union should have a single energy policy, Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek said today. "One big whole acts more efficiently than 25 independent countries," Paroubek told reporters during a NATO forum on energy safety, energy and the fight with terrorism today. He said he wanted to present his own strategy at a European Council meeting, and added the role of alternative energy sources would grow. But he added he also wanted to open the issue of nuclear energy, rejected by some EU countries including Austria. The war over gas prices between Russia and Ukraine at the beginning of the year showed that energy sources should be as diversified as possible. "It is important not to depend on one or two sources," Paroubek said. At present, the Czech Republic imports a quarter of its gas volume from Norway. The rest comes from Russia.

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