DIIS Brief now in English: Trade-offs in European energy policy
In the spring of 2007 a trio of researchers put forward five proposals for optimising the EU's energy policy. The European Commission had published its framework for an energy policy in January 2007, and now, in the autumn of 2007, the European Commission has been presenting its proposals in more detail. The stage is set for heated discussions. The research trio believe, amongst other things, that existing policies for the internal market and competition regulations provide an immediately accessible framework for an energy market on a European scale, and should be implemented in full. In other words, they are opposed to the trends towards re-nationalisation and protectionism that characterise parts of the debate. The European Council will have energy policy on its agenda in March 2008.
Svend Aage Christensen's brief is available in both Danish,
Afvejningeri europæisk energipolitik
and English
Trade-offs in European energy policy
See also other recent DIIS notes and contributions on energy topics:
Svend Aage Christensen, Energidialogen mellem EU og Rusland, DIIS Bog, 58 p., Download free
Steen Nordstrøm, Hold hovedet koldt! Eller hvorfor global opvarmning ikke partout er et sikkerhedsproblem, DIIS Brief, August 2007, 6 p., download free
Svend Aage Christensen, Russian Energy: Production sharing agreements and government attitudes. New examination of government-corporate relations 2000-2007.
Luke Patey, State Rules: Oil Companies and Armed Conflict in Sudan, Third World Quarterly Vol. 28, No. 5, 2007, 19 p.
Africa’s Riches, the World’s Rewards: Sudan and the Global Political Economy of Resource Extraction in Africa, DIIS Conference [Peter Kragelund, Steen Nordstrøm, Luke Patey],
Finally, we would like to draw attention to the assessment of EU energy policy in a new paper by the Clingendael Energy Programme: Jacques J. de Jong and Ed Weeda, Europe, the EU and its 2050 Energy Storylines, CIEP Energy Paper, The Hague, Clingendael Institute, December 2007, 62 p.
Contacts:
Senior researcher Svend Aage Christensen
Project Researcher Peter Kragelund
PhD Student Steen Nordstrøm
PhD Student Luke Anthony Patey
Senior analyst Karsten J. Møller