Spain Sets Out EU Energy Plans

摘要

Europe will lose its economic advantage if it does not cut its dependence on oil and gas imports, new European Union president Spain warned Wednesday. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said that as EU president for the next six months, Spain will focus on economic recovery. "In the last 10 years ... our energy consumption has gone up by 9%," he told the European Parliament, and about 58% of the gas used by Europe's homes and industry is now imported. "We need to reduce our dependence," he said. "If we don't reduce it we won't be able to have any economic growth."