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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9601

14 February 2008
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
The EU does not have a foreign energy policy - Solana and Maystadt call for change - Forgotten areas

Dangerous divisions. Energy is the foreign policy tool of choice these days for countries with energy resources (see yesterday's column). The possibility of regulating trade, investment and access to energy resources at global level through international trade rules like those of the World Trade Organisation, along with tribunals and measures to punish breaches of the rules, is a pipedream. International cooperation is, of course, essential and the European Union has to fully participate in...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS