Report
From the European Energy Community to the Energy Union – A new Policy Proposal
Based on Jacques Delors’ 2010 policy proposal for a “European Energy Community”, this report by S. Andoura and J.A. Vinois attempts to bring forward-looking ideas and key areas for action to achieve an ambitious and inspirational Energy Union.
The new concept of Energy Union, which has been advocated by the new EU leaders, without giving it a concrete content yet, opens a wider debate on the future challenges to be addressed in the field of energy.
Ahead of this debate and the upcoming European Commission’s initiative, Jacques Delors Institute launches a new policy proposal calling for a bold and forward looking Energy Union as a long-term European energy transition project. Introduced by Jacques Delors and written by Sami Andoura and Jean-Arnold Vinois, this new report goes further than the original policy proposal for a “European Energy Community” initiated in 2010 by the former president of the European Commission and the Institute’sin-depth study of the future of European energy policy.
Indeed, four years later, the adoption of the 2030 Energy and Climate Framework by the European Council and the start of a new EU political and institutional cycle in 2014 give the chance to assess the state of play of the European energy policy and to identify the necessary new paths to ensure the desired European integration and reap all its benefits.
This new report examines the evolution of the European energy policy from 2007 to 2014, including the most recent developments and the adoption of a new 2030 EU Energy and Climate Framework. The strengths and weaknesses of the European energy policy are identified and assessed in thirty findings.
Relying on the conclusion that the existing European energy policy requires additional measures, the report suggests the three key objectives to be achieved in priority by a comprehensive European energy policy. It expresses ten meaningful recommendations for action, together with concrete remedies, policy instruments and institutional frameworks that should be implemented in the short-term within the new EU institutional cycle.
Last but not least, it attempts to bring forward-looking ideas and 10 key areas – building blocks – for action to achieve an ambitious and inspirational Energy Union, and to make it a fundamental element of the solidarity between the Member States within the European Union and beyond in Europe.
SUR LE MÊME THÈME
ON THE SAME THEME
PUBLICATIONS
Can a minimum price on carbon accelerate the adoption of clean technologies?
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High energy prices. Russia fights back?
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Europe needs to innovate
to become a front-runner in the global green economy race
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MÉDIAS
MEDIAS
L’UE peut prendre des mesures de protection commerciale sur l’environnement
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“Opposition to subjecting Nord Stream 2 to EU rules has created a loss of credibility for Germany”
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E.Letta, J.A.Vinois and T.P.Carlin in the Energy Post about the Energy Union
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ÉVÉNEMENTS
EVENTS
European EnerGreenDeal Conference
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Paris, 21 June 2019 – European Citizens and Consumers: seizing the opportunity of the energy transition
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Brussels, 20 June 2019 – EUSEW – What makes consumers tick? Best practices and tools
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Nantes, 8 May 2019 — District Heating & Cooling for All – Involving Citizens, Customers and Consumers
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Paris, 11 April 2019 — Social sciences for the energy transition: which EU support?
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Malmö, 27 March 2019 – Energy Norway’s Winter Conference
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Berlin, 20 March 2019 – New Paradigm Workshop : Climate change, the potential for cross-border Action
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Berlin, 6 March 2019 — European Climate Initiative (EUKI) – Working group on Future of Mobility: The Role of Innovation in the Mobility Sector
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Paris, 22 October 2018 – Citizen consultation with Engie employees on the future of the Europe of energy
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Brussels, 3 October 2018 – Europe needs a social pact for the energy transition
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Tallinn, 27 and 28 September 2018 – Nordic Baltic Energy Conference
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Brussels, 22 September 2018 – Citizen consultation: Energy Europe
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Berlin, 7 September 2018 – High-level Roundtable “Quo Vadis Energy Union”
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Bruges, 12 July 2018 – Just a transition or a just transition? Jobs, skills, energy poverty
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Bruges, 12 July 2018 – Negotiating the Energy Union
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Bruges, 3 July 2018 – Negotiating the Energy Union
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Bruges, 2 July 2018 – Introduction to the Energy Union
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Brussels, 28 June 2018 – Make the fight against climate change the bedrock of a sustainable and prosperous society
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Paris, 13 March 2018 – Information day Horizon 2020
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Brussels, 7 March 2018 – Study Group on the State of the Energy Union
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Brussels, 1st March 2018 – Citizen Participation in the Energy Transition
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Bruxelles, 25 January 2018 – Academy study trip to Brussels
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Brussels, 25 October 2017 – The penultimate debate on Russian gas to Europe
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Brussels, 16 October 2017 – “Making the Energy Transition a European Success”
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Paris, 5 October 2017 – Energy Transition of the European Union
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Paris, 5 October 2017 – Energy transition in France: What to expect from the new government?
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Bruges, 13 July 2017 – Just a transition or a just transition? Jobs, skills, energy poverty
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Budapest, 30 May 2017 – Electricity Market Integration 2.0 in Central and South East Europe
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Tallinn, 3 May 2017 – State of play of Energy Union and governance
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Brussels, 19 January 2017 – National opinions on Energy Union
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Paris, 18 January 2017 – The reform of the European market of the electricity
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Paris, 18 November 2016 – New and ambitious or just more of the same? The Energy Union at a crossroads
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Paris, 5 September 2016 – The stakes of energy transition in Europe
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Paris, 12 July 2016 – The European electricity market reform
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Milan, 21 June – Energy union and the European super grid
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Sofia, 10 June 2016 – Finalising the internal Energy market
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Poznan, 10-11th May 2016 – Innovative Economy, Modern Society, Smart Energy Sector
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Delft, 22 April 2016 – The geo-economics of the EU energy policy
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