Press Release: European citizens in favour of a European Energy policy, says Eurobarometer survey

European Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs on 24 January 2006 presented the results of the Special Eurobarometer 247, 'Attitudes towards Energy'. One of the findings was that a majority of EU citizens (47%) would prefer European level decisions on the new energy challenges such as energy supply security, growing energy consumption and climate change, 37% and 8% prefer energy decisions on a national or local level respectively.

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European Commission: Public Opinion: Special Eurobarometer 247, 'Attitudes towards Energy', January 2006 http://ec.europa.eu/comm/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_247_en.pdf

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