Energy and the European Union.

摘要

There exists no energy policy in the European Union, but rather a whole series of long-term goals setting its strategic orientation. Until 2000, when the Green Book entitled "Towards a European Strategy for the Security of Energy Supply" was accepted, no real debate on the energy strategy was held in the EU. The Green Book represents a key document of European energy policy and it emerged as a consequence of the fears of the European Committee about the growing dependence on energy resource imports from politically unstable parts of the world. The three key points of the energy strategy are: stable supply of energy, acceptable energy prices and environmental protection. With regard to the deepening European integration and interconnection of the individual member states' economies, the decisions of one country also have an energy impact on the other states. Therefore, cooperation among the individual members is necessary.