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Conclusion

In: Toward a Common European Union Energy Policy

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  • Vicki L. Birchfield
  • John S. Duffield

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This volume has brought together a broad range of expertise in energy policy and European integration to assess the current state of one of the most complex policy challenges facing the European Union (EU) today. European energy policy is a vexing subject to understand comprehensively due in part to its relatively nascent state, but also because of the multifaceted-objectives and policy-priorities. These include energy security, efficiency and economic competitiveness, and environmental sustainability, all of which encompass or impinge upon various dimensions of both the internal and external affairs of the European Union. The goals of this concluding chapter are to summarize briefly the key insights and findings of the individual chapters, to evaluate how much progress has actually been made toward the achievement of a common EU energy policy, and to identify the main problems that might hinder its further development. Synthesizing the analyses of the preceding chapters, we also seek to offer an overall assessment of why progress has been more substantial in some areas than in others and what the implications of this uneven development are for moving toward a truly coherent and effective common energy policy in Europe.

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  • Vicki L. Birchfield & John S. Duffield, 2011. "Conclusion," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Vicki L. Birchfield & John S. Duffield (ed.), Toward a Common European Union Energy Policy, pages 263-276, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-11981-9_13
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230119819_13
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