There is a high risk that Russia cuts off gas supplies to Europe. The EU needs a stronger and more reliable economic deterrent with an anti-coercion instrument
Media mentions – Energy
The real issue is EU gas dependency. This crisis forces European countries to implement internal solidarity mechanisms and establish a joint energy strategy
Arturo Varvelli analyses the repercussions of the Ukraine crisis on European countries in the domain of energy, and suggests reconsidering the option of a gas pipeline from the Eastern Mediterranean as a viable solution
Russia has leverage in the short term, but I would say Europe has the long-term leverage. You can’t underestimate the long-term importance that the European market has for Russia
The decision to phase out nuclear and coal at the same time has made Germany fully dependent on Russian gas and vulnerable to the possibility that Russia could use energy as a weapon
Russia remains Europe’s main gas supplier, but Europeans urgently need to understand the changes it is currently making to its energy transport infrastructure
It is connectivity itself that gives people the opportunity to fight, the reasons to compete, and the arsenal to deploy
Mark Leonard publishes in The Guardian on Connectivity conflict and how migrants, finance and gas are all weapons in our hyperlinked world
The Green Deal will transform European patterns of production and consumption, with global economic and political repercussions (…). In short, this is a geopolitical issue
Il Sole 24 Ore mentions ECFR and Bruegel’s policy brief to explain how the New Green Deal will redraw geopolitics
Italy could be an excellent mediator both in Libya and in EastMed
Arturo Varvelli analyses the the potentiality of Italian energy policy in Libya and East-Med