” “"A common policy in the area of energy" and "a strengthened effort to support the African continent". The president of the Commission, José Manuel Barroso, sent a letter today to the Russian President Putin in the run-up to the G8 (Usa, Russia, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Japan and Canada), due in Saint Petersburg from July 15th to 17th. "An extra effort is needed to adopt a parcel of shared principles regarding energy security explained Barroso at a press conference in Brussels in order to lay the foundations for a stable future" in this area. A strategy that should involve all stakeholders: producer countries, consumer countries and countries of transition of fuels and provisioning lines. "For the Commission added the head of the Executive Committee the other big priority of the G8 will be to expedite our efforts for Africa that have been pledged last year at Gleneagles". Barroso explained that "the EU is on the right way to fulfil the commitments taken in Gleneagles, to double up aids by 2010. It also aims at doing more than that, with an ambitious proposal to establish a reserve of 3 billion euros to promote good governance, a key factor to effectively place" aids to development.” “
