France’s Macron: European Commission to have mandate to make common energy purchases

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will now start working on making common energy purchases in order to allow the European Union to get a better grip on its energy supplies and on tackling energy prices, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday. “We’ve seen some countries going towards other countries to negotiate their own contracts, that, and I told colleagues, it’s not the best way as we are pushing prices up,” Macron told a news conference after an EU summit in Brussels. “As we need to go towards a European diversification, it’s much more pertinent that the discussions for…

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