Geoeconomics

Unter dem Eindruck der Atomkatastrophe von Fukushima beschreiten Frankreich und Deutschland energiepolitisch zwei völlig unterschiedliche Wege. Wie lassen sich diese unterschiedlichen Ansätze erklären? Was bedeuten sie für Unternehmen in beiden Ländern? Wie sieht die Zukunft der europäischen Energiepolitik aus? Der Atomausstieg Deutschlands und seine Auswirkungen auf die deutsche und französische Wirtschaft waren Thema einer Sitzung des Gesprächskreises Frankreich.

This fall, Russian natural gas will flow to Western Europe through the first line of the Nord Stream pipeline. The infrastructure project in the Baltic Sea has special meaning for the EU energy supply. The Berthold Beitz Center’s Energy Breakfast, which took place on September 21, 2011, included controversial discussions on the current state of the project, as well as on the financing, environmental impact, competition with renewable energy sources, and dependencies between the participating countries.

Hardly in office for two weeks, the new Greek foreign minister Stavros Lambrinidis came to Berlin on July 6, 2011 to speak at the DGAP about the causes of the current crisis and to appeal for European solidarity. Greece had barely avoided bankruptcy a few days before when eurozone finance ministers gave the OK for a transfer of a much-needed loan installment of 8.7 billion euros to Athens.

The liberalization package adopted by the European Commission was the focus of the third Energy Breakfast, which was organized by the Berthold Beitz Center and Gazprom Export on July 6, 2011.