The European Union and its Energy Policy Politique étrangère, No. 3, Autumn 2007

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Energy has always been a central issue for the European construction. The current international development forces the Union to redefine its energy policy according to another logic: accept global interdependence and the creation of structures favoring the development, the reactivity, and the competitiveness of the European energy industry, with an open approach based on markets. Energy will thus be again at the heart of the European dynamics.

Jan Horst Keppler est professeur d’économie à l’Université de Paris-Dauphine et chercheur au Centre de géopolitique de l’énergie et des matières premières (CGEMP). Il est également directeur du programme 'Gouvernance européenne et géopolitique de l’énergie' de l’Ifri.