Energy Charter: EU likely to support ref • Table.Briefings

The controversial Energy Charter Treaty allows investors to sue climate policy measures in arbitration courts. Several EU states want to withdraw from the treaty but are unlikely to oppose the reform in the Council. This could lead to legal problems.

Despite all the criticism of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), the EU states in the Council are expected to approve the reform. The discussion is „constructive,“ several diplomats reported in an interview with Europe.Table. A blocking minority is not to expect, they said. „No one has an interest in staying with the old treaty,“ said one diplomat. That also applies to countries not wanting to remain members of the ECT, he added.

Energy Charter: EU likely to support reform

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