No. 69: European Energy

No. 69: European Energy

Author(s): Matthew Hulbert
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 69
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2010

European energy policy is critically flawed. It has proven impossible to square the circle between security of supply, greater sustainability, and affordable prices. Despite claims of 'solidarity', national politics still trumps the 'European good' on energy matters. Progressing liberalisation remains important for competition and resilience, but Europe's real challenge is to re-level the low carbon technology playing field to properly realign global emission concerns and security of supply in future.

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EU Gas Supplies
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