President Ilves: an open market is a precondition for a common EU energy policy

28.02.2008

Today in Kadriorg President Toomas Hendrik Ilves met with Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner in charge of the Internal Market and Services.

As a main topic at the meeting, the Estonian Head of State raised the issue of the free movement of services in the European Union, which he definitely feels must be further liberalized.

Commissioner McCreevy introduced the Review of the European Single Market, which deals with how to make the European domestic market more competitive and operate more effectively.

The topic of the common European Union energy policy and the need to create a common energy market was also discussed at length. “If the European Union domestic market is not open and competition does not function, the community cannot have a common energy policy,” President Ilves remarked.

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