Commissioner Oettinger said there was still no single market for energy and that the EU was still too dependent on imports.

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There were angry scenes during the Commission statement on 9 June 2011, which caused Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger to appeal for calm.

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Yet in the end Mr Oettinger could not stand the heat.

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At the funeral Mr Oettinger declared that Mr Filbinger was not a National Socialist and added that none of his verdicts had led to a loss of anyone's life.

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Some, including EC Commissioner of Energy Gunter Oettinger, have suggested that one day Greece could transport its wealth of solar power to the rest of Europe through sprawling projects like the planned Helios facility.

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Mr Oettinger was outlining plans for the tests - ordered in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster - which are designed to see how Europe's nuclear facilities are able to withstand natural or man-made disasters.

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German media also reported that Guenther Oettinger, premier of the southern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, had canceled a meeting with the Briton at this weekend's German Grand Prix at Nurburgring because of his comments about Hitler.

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