http://www.energypolicyblog.com/2010/04/14/legal-feasibility-of-schengen-like-agreements-in-european-energy-policy-the-cases-of-nuclear-cooperation-and-gas-security-of-supply/ Sustainable energy policy, more competition, better regulation, improved policies. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:05:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.energypolicyblog.com/2010/04/14/legal-feasibility-of-schengen-like-agreements-in-european-energy-policy-the-cases-of-nuclear-cooperation-and-gas-security-of-supply/comment-page-1/#comment-185631 Roy Sat, 23 Apr 2011 04:32:47 +0000 http://www.energypolicyblog.com/?p=1203#comment-185631 While energy policy is one area where co-operation between European nations is desirable, too much reliance upon European law and regulations is likely to play into the hands of those campaigning for less interference from the Brussels bureaucracy. With budget problems persisting across Europe and the EU failing to make cuts itself, less interference and resort to EU 'law' is a course that the EU will need to take if it is to survive. When it comes to energy policy national politics will always have a major impact, as we have recently seen in Germany following the Japanese disasters. National leaders need enough flexibility to deal with local issues, and not be bound by distant and undemocratic European 'law'. With the election success of the True Finns, and mounting pressure in the UK for total withdrawal from the EU, extending EU interference is not something to be taken lightly. While energy policy is one area where co-operation between European nations is desirable, too much reliance upon European law and regulations is likely to play into the hands of those campaigning for less interference from the Brussels bureaucracy. With budget problems persisting across Europe and the EU failing to make cuts itself, less interference and resort to EU ‘law’ is a course that the EU will need to take if it is to survive. When it comes to energy policy national politics will always have a major impact, as we have recently seen in Germany following the Japanese disasters. National leaders need enough flexibility to deal with local issues, and not be bound by distant and undemocratic European ‘law’. With the election success of the True Finns, and mounting pressure in the UK for total withdrawal from the EU, extending EU interference is not something to be taken lightly.

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