EU set to sidestep legal energy-efficiency target

Jessica Shankleman
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Heads of state and European Council gather for first annual meeting focusing on energy and innovation

EU leaders attending a high-profile energy summit today are set to agree alternative ways of boosting the bloc's floundering efforts to improve energy efficiency, without committing to a legally binding...

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