OREANDA-NEWS. February 05, 2015. Within the framework of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Energy Union Conference will take place on 6 February 2015 in Riga to discuss the formation on the EU Energy Union.

The Latvian Presidency in collaboration with the European Commission (EC) is organising an event to encourage the discussion among the Energy Ministers of the EU Member States, representatives from the EU institutions and international organisations, scientists and other energy policy-makers on the new initiative to create a European Energy Union and its dimensions.

The conference in Riga will serve as the first step to facilitate formation of the EU Energy Union. It will start the so called Riga Process in which political discussions on the key dimensions of the Energy Union – security of supplies, solidarity and trust, competitive and fully integrated internal energy market, energy demand reduction due to energy efficiency, decarbonisation of economy as well as technology development will take place.

During the conference the stakeholders will participate in the open session with five panel discussions on the key elements of the Energy Union.

The Vice-President of the European Commission, Maro? ?ef?ovi?, and the Minister for Economics, Dana Reizniece-Ozola, will address the issue in their welcoming speeches, while the Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, representatives from the European Parliament and the International Energy Agency and several high-level energy experts from other EU institutions and organisations will take part in the panel discussions.

Information for the media

The press conference on 6 February has been cancelled, nevertheless media will be given the opportunity to participate in the conference, as well as watch discussions online on www.eu2015.lv.

Detailed information on photo and video opportunity is available in media programme.

The media accreditation is open until 5 February 2015.