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Highlights of the event on 29 January at Bruegel with Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič.  Full Recording of the event will be soon available The timely presentation by Maroš Šefčovič – just three days after presenting his plan on the Creation of a European Energy Union to the European Parliament, was followed by comments by […]

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Highlights of the event on 29 January at Bruegel with Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič. 

Full Recording of the event will be soon available

The timely presentation by Maroš Šefčovič – just three days after presenting his plan on the Creation of a European Energy Union to the European Parliament, was followed by comments by Simone Mori (ENEL) and Georg Zachmann (Bruegel) and a open discussion.

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