Former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta presented to EU leaders on 17 April a new concept for a single EU energy market recommending the need for the creation of a new clean energy delivery agency, responsible for nuclear fuel security, nuclear finance and a new hydrogen grid.

Speaking in Brussels at a news conference with EU president Charles Michel, Letta said that “the European Union is facing a final opportunity to take the steps required to allow it to compete effectively with the US, China and other rivals,” according to Reuters press reports last week.