No. 3468 information report deposed in application of the article 145 of the regulation by the Commission of foreign Affairs in conclusion of the works concerning an information mission constituted the 8 February 2006 on 'energy and geo-policy'

The energy history is a history of violence, punctuated with wars between countries or territories conflicts in a same country. To understand this history and propose an adapted energy policy, this report presents in a first part the necessity of taking care of the energy crisis. In a second part it shows the international dimension of the crisis with the part of the middle east, Asia, Russia and Africa in the energy supply and the economic, political and environmental consequences. It analyzes also the political power of the United States and the difficult equation of the european energy policy. The third part proposes a global policy answer against the energy fatality, by a reinforcement of the european union credibility, a better answer to the climatic change, the definition of new international rules and the reduction of the North-South energy failure. (A.L.B.)