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Dans le cadre de l'Ifri Energy Breakfast Roundtable, un séminaire avec Susanne Nies, Chercheur, Responsable d'Ifri Bruxelles, Sophie Dourlens, Analyste, Cross Border Power Trade Department, CRE et François Meslier, Directeur de la Mission Interconnexions, Production Ingénierie, EDF-électricité de France. Présidence : Jacques Lesourne, Président du Comité scientifique du Programme Energie de l'Ifri.
Electricity Interconnections has become a prominent issue in the news, being even considered sometimes as a panacea to the imperfections of the European electricity market. This roundtable is devoted to electricity interconnections in Europe, their current state and projects. Speakers will attempt to answer the following questions :
- What : how to develop a sustainable grid from the existing pieces, with an optimum use of existing generation capacity as well as existing grids ? What is the role of interconnections in this picture ?
- How : how are existing interconnections exploited, governed, and how can their exploitation be improved ? Does EU need more and new interconnections, and if so, where and why ?
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Nuclear Sharing in Europe: A Contested Policy That Endures
Since the end of the Cold War, the number of US nuclear weapons stationed in Europe has fallen more than seventy-fold, yet their presence in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey remains a quiet pillar of NATO's deterrence posture. This "nuclear sharing" arrangement, central to the Alliance since its founding, has long been contested by public opinion, political parties, and civil society across Europe, without ever being abandoned by host governments. This paradox lies at the heart of the seminar: why does such an unpopular policy persist?