When History Repeats Itself: The EU Shift in Energy Partnerships to the South

When History Repeats Itself: The EU Shift in Energy Partnerships to the South:



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2014 will arguably be the most important year of the decade when it comes to energy security in the European Union (EU). No other year in the recent past has seen such an imposing shake up in Europe’s energy geopolitics; one which will inevitably see the build up to the coming and going of significant energy partners for the EU in the future.



Several factors have been at play so far: political tensions in Ukraine and Russia, new participants in the gas supply market, plans for reinforcement of existing pipelines as well as for the construction of several new trans-continental gas pipelines, and lastly the heavy internal pressure for reform of energy security policy from several member states of the EU.



The amalgamation of these is forcing the EU to reconstruct its energy policies as well as its security policies. Essentially, what can be witnessed by the end of the decade is a transference in EU geopolitical energy partnerships towards the south."



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