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This paper argues that the neglect of Europe’s Internal Electricity Market in the public debate on the transformation of Germany's energy sector will further exacerbate network fluctuations and intensify the need for modifications in Europe’s power system. It underlines that only a truly integrated, supranational electricity market can provide the capacity needed for cooperative interaction between the diverse national power systems. In order to establish such an infrastructure on a European scale, the energy transition needs to be guided by an economic approach designed to prevent further fractures in the Internal Electricity Market.