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22. Apr. 2007

A Sunny Spring European Council 2007

Common energy policy or bilateral relationships with Russia?

After the Spring European Council one thing is certain: the EU must speak with “one voice” toward Moscow, plan energy-related decisions more purposefully, and pursue important pipeline projects with greater foreign policy muscle. This will help to become a strategic actor in the fields of energy policy and external energy relations. The EU’s internal disagreements vis-à-vis Europe’s main energy supplier Russia remain the most serious problem of the envisioned common European approach.

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Bibliografische Angaben

Umbach, Frank, and Alexander Skiba. “A Sunny Spring European Council 2007.” April 2007.

DGAPstandpunkt 3, April 23, 2007, 4 pp.

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