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EU energy policy has moved forward, and it needs to keep doing so. Two events, separated by six days, demonstrate how far the EU's energy policy has moved over the past five...

Oettinger seeks details of deals with non-EU countries. Günther Oettinger, the European commissioner for energy, is  to propose that  member states share...

Major obstacles will have to be overcome if Poland is to realise its ambition of better co-ordination of EU energy relations. By EU standards, Poland is not particularly...

Renovating buildings would save masses of energy. The nuclear disaster in Japan and the turmoil on the world's energy markets are stark reminders of the energy challenges we...

We should use the nuclear crisis in Japan to build a new European energy policy. Crises continue to batter the European Union. Week after week, member states' leaders fly in...

Like Germany, the EU is split about nuclear energy. Unlike Germany, it is not giving the subject a proper airing. Germany's energy policy sets the context for European Union...

Presidency wants to greater focus on secure and affordable energy. The challenges facing the energy sector will be reviewed by EU energy ministers when they meet in Brussels...

We are subsidising 19th-century technologies while pursuing 21st-century targets. The two conflicting sides of EU energy policy were on display on 24 June, the day on which...

Senior Associate on Energy/Climate Policy

The EU is a long way from achieving its target of a vibrant and competitive energy market, but things are changing. The EU is now 13 years into its trek towards a single...

The global financial crisis means Europe should take a close look at its energy policy. Keeping existing nuclear plants open could be the solution. The economic crisis is a...

Member states might differ on the way forward, but the Georgia conflict has cemented energy as the defining EU policy for decades to come. A mere 18 months after EU...

The father of London's would-be mayor and the author of the novel “The Commissioner” looks back at his “most wonderful job” – in the Commission in Brussels. If...

Simon Taylor hears renewed calls for common external energy policy at the Vilnius energy security conference. No fewer than four presidents of EU countries plus energy...

While most of the renegotiation of the constitutional treaty to produce the draft reform treaty involved stripping away symbols and some institutional innovations, the new...

Every third lamp in Europe is powered by nuclear energy, yet most politicians still want to close the remaining 400 nuclear plants down. And their voters pretend to take them...

Tony Blair wants to bid farewell to the European Union with a deal on a slimmed down constitution. In an interview, Blair says that the legacy of his premiership is that...

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has called on the EU's national governments to rally to his plans for a common energy policy. Unveiling the...

The European Union is supposed to be pursuing a strategic energy partnership with Norway, according to a paper prepared by the European Commission and EU foreign policy chief...

Two MEPs consider the future of EU energy policy Saving energy: it's a no-brainer; you shouldn't even need half a brain to recognise that it makes sense.