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Analysis Of The Motivation And Process Of The Construction Of The EU Energy Union (2013-2018)

Posted on:2020-12-17Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y SunFull Text:PDF
GTID:2436330596965181Subject:International relations
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In 2015,Energy Union has been delivered on the track by European Union formally.This blueprint was proposed by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and French President Fran?ois Hollande in April 2014,to initiate a joint natural gas purchase in able to reduce EU' s serious energy dependence on Russia.In February 2015,the European Commission issued an official document on promoting the construction of Energy Union,making the Energy Union officially became the priority goal of EU' s common energy policy.The main purpose of the establishment of the EU' s Energy Union is to ensure the EU' s security of energy supply,reducing the severe dependence on Russia's energy,and to cope with increasing energy supply risks and energy-geopolitical pressure,which become the main propose and policy framework of the EU' s future energy policy.By tracking the major shift of the EU' s common energy policy and the historical process since the establishment of the EU' s Energy Union,this thesis analyzes the supply security services the EU' s common energy policy as its long-term important goal,which has been the crucial historical background and source of the establishment of EU' s Energy Union.Then through the analysis of motivations of the EU' s Energy Union and the transform of the EU' s common energy policy,the case study of Ukrainian crisis,which is the essential reason for the establishment of the EU' s Energy Union,as well as the script analysis of related energy policies and relevant leaders' speeches,this thesis would be able to analyze the causes and motivations of the establishment of the EU' s Energy Union.The basic conclusion of the case study and text analysis is that the Ukrainian crisis is a turning point of the EU' s common energy policy,indicating the continuously rising of importance of energy supply security,which is a key factor promoting the introduction of the EU Energy Union.By studying the measures of EU' s Energy Union after Ukrainian crisis,such as institutional and legislative construction,energy infrastructure investment,coherent foreign energy policy,energy efficiency and developing renewable energy,as well as conjunction with the official EU' s Report on the State of the Energy Union,we would be able to evaluate its progress and prospects.Through the tracking of historical process and analysis of motivations,exploring the embellishment process and evaluating the future prospects of EU' s Energy Union,this thesis would not only benefit the study of EU' s common energy policy,but also contribute to the study of energy security theory and China's formulation of future energy policy.
Keywords/Search Tags:European Union, Energy Union, Energy Policy, Security of Energy Supply, Ukrainian Crisis
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