EU: European gas social partners hanging on European Commission’s future choices

Segmentation.  Presented on November 10, 2010, this strategy should last until 2020.  It notably aims to make Europe less energy-greedy, to strengthen the domestic energy market, to make consumers more responsible and to encourage innovation in this industry.  Yet, for the social partners, the strategy is still quite vague about many topics.  Thus, on January 12th, they pointed out that the EU still doesn’t take the full measure of the growing segmentation of the sector’s activities, with the growing divide between production, transportation, marketing and sale.  Klaus Homan, leader of Thyssengas, former transporter of the German RWE producer, says that the growing segmentation of the market is increasing competition between a growing number of producers, which increases pressure over production costs.
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s activities, with the growing divide between production, transportation, marketing and sale. Klaus Homan, leader of Thyssengas, former transporter of the German RWE producer, says that the growing segmentation of the market is increasing competition between a growing number of producers, which increases pressure over production costs.

Employment. This phenomenon also raises the issue of the specialization of jobs and the need for new skills, which the gas sector’s social partners already poin

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