ALBAWABA - Five countries in the European Union, including Germany, want EU headquarters in Brussels to speed up talks with the UK about the latter’s participation in the European electricity market.
The push by European countries comes ahead of a summit scheduled for Nov. 20 in Brussels between the EU and the UK after British PM Andy Burnham promised to move his countries closer to continental European neighbors.
Issues to be discussed at the highly-anticipated summit include youth mobility, the simplification of sanitary regulations for food products and the exchange of carbon emission quotas.
But the five EU countries pushing for the summit have their eyes on something else they consider more vital for them; that is to provide fresh momentum to the European electricity market via the British.
Five EU leaders call for closer ties with the U.K. ahead of EPC, informal council summit in Dublin next week and EU UK reset on 20th
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The countries argue that integrating the UK into the European electricity market would go a long way to transform the region into "the largest clean energy hub in the world" driven by wind power projects.
"An agreement will thus enhance Europe's energy security and contribute to a competitive economy that centers on access to clean and affordable energy," they said in a letter to the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and European Council leader Antonio Costa.
The main issue facing the British that both sides hope to resolve in the upcoming summit is the "entry fee" that countries pay to join the electricity market, they added.
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