Fatih Birol (IEA): "Europe made three monumental historic mistakes"
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How will Europe be able to balance energy security, affordability and sustainability? Is Brussels going to be able to hold it’s own now geopolitical storms are raging? And where is Europe’s energy intensive industry heading? I put these and other questions to the head of an organization that was established in the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis. In the last 50 years this international agency has grown to be one of the most authoritative voices in the world on energy. In Search of Europe’s Energy Future my guest today is Fatih Birol, the Executive Director of the Internationale Energy Agency.
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