Information report made on the behalf of the European Affairs Commission on the second strategic analysis of the energy policy

This report first discusses the challenges faced in terms of energy, stresses the need to give up a pure commercial logic and to diversify the energy sources in the European Union. It discusses how to develop energy solidarity in Europe as far as gas and electricity are concerned. It addresses the issue of diversification of energy supply, notably after the gas crisis of January 2009, comments the Russian position, and evokes the great number of projects with still uncertain results. It questions the objectives defined for renewable energies, outlines the still insufficient efforts in the field of energy efficiency, and highlights the crucial role of research (variety of innovation fields, necessary investments)