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Netherlands seeks tougher EU targets to save energy this winter

FILE PHOTO: Dutch Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten poses after an interview with Reuters about the impact of the Ukraine war and gas crisis on the Netherlands, in The Hague, Netherlands July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

The European Union should enforce tougher targets to save energy, in a bid to avoid shortages and curb prices this winter, the Netherlands' energy minister said on Wednesday.

"The Netherlands is in favor of more binding targets for all EU Member States," Dutch energy minister Rob Jetten said on his arrival at a meeting of EU energy ministers in Prague, adding that each country should do its best to achieve 15% to 20% energy savings.

(Reporting by Kate Abnett, Marine Strauss)

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