EU Energy Union. Drive, progress and obstacles for "the next great European integration project"

Crises and conflicts over limited energy resources together with Europe's import dependency on fossil fuels and the challenges posed by climate change have increasingly put energy policy on the European agenda. EU energy policy and the Energy Union made remarkable progress during the second Barroso Commission and the Juncker Commission, even in areas that traditionally lie in the sphere of national decision-making. This book takes stock of the last two commissions and examines the influence of external factors as well as political actors and their ambitions on integration in the area of EU energy policy.