Member states' national interests could complicate EU efforts to boost European energy security, it emerged from a European Commission paper leaked to German and Polish press.
"Energy using countries are starting to see each other as potential rivals for [energy] provision...just at a time when Europe imports more energy than ever before. This trend will further accelerate substantially," the leaked text states according to FT Deutschland.
The draft study was discussed on Wednes...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.