As a practical matter, pressing forward at breakneck speed on five different agreements is unsustainable given present governmental personnel resources and expertise and limited opportunities for senior-level management oversight.
In the past few years, those countries that have most liberalised their energy industries, such as Britain, have been pressing the commission to speed up the creation of an EU-wide single market in electricity and gas.
The government has pledged to speed up the adoption system and is pressing councils to act more quickly, but councils have said cases are often held up by the courts.