In a new report published on Friday 10 November, the Jacques Delors Institute proposes an Energy Union 2.0 to implement the European Green Deal after the European elections in 2024. This document by Camille Defard, head of the institute’s Energy Centre, follows on from the state of the energy union report presented by the European Commission on 24 October (see EUROPE 13278/5).
The Jacques Delors Institute assessed the progress and shortcomings of EU energy policy, focusing on energy security, sustainability and competitiveness.
Despite the ‘Green Deal’ and energy union proving resilient in the face of crises, the report indicates that the Union lacks the tools to achieve its goals of carbon neutrality while maintaining high levels of energy security and reasonable energy prices.
The report therefore recommends strengthening democracy, governance and EU funding instruments.
It recommends, among other things, a new EU energy security strategy based on “electrification, grids development, EU cleantech manufacturing and demand reduction, including a strengthening of the EU Energy Platform”.
It also proposes setting up an EU Clean Investment Plan, an EU Energy Agency providing easy access to up-to-date energy data, a ‘an energy and climate stakeholders’ dialogue platforms facility’ and an EU Citizen Assembly on Climate.
To see the report: https://aeur.eu/f/9jj (Original version in French by Pauline Denys)