” “Upon arriving at the Justus Lipsius building, where the meeting of the European Union is in progress, the President of the EU Commission, Josè Manuel Durao Barroso, explained that "yesterday’s debate about energy was sound and serious. Now, we have to translate it all into operating conclusions". The leaders of the EU member states are trying to define a common position about the energy issue; along with the official sessions, there are also some bilateral meetings between the European leaders. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel met her Spanish colleague Josè Luis Zapatero, partly to address the takeover bid submitted by the German company E.On for the Spanish Endesa. The works under way in Brussels also referenced to the recent case still concerning energy of the Italian Enel and the French Suez and Gaz de France. In the morning, one of the hottest points on the agenda was the situation in Belarus. About this, the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ursula Plassnik, explained: "We are considering imposing sanctions against Belarus. What is happening in that country confirms our critical opinion of the recent election. We ask the Belarusian authorities to respect the citizens’ freedom and to free prisoners". Several countries would like to impose sanctions against Alexandre Lukashenko’s regime.” “
