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Towards a general "Europeanization" of EU Member States' energy policies?
[working paper]
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Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ
Abstract
It is often argued that energy policy is too fragmented across EU Member States and should be "Europeanized" to pave the way towards an efficiently organized European power system, which rest on the internal market for energy and a pan-European super-grid. Howev-er, this view neglects i) the factual... view more
It is often argued that energy policy is too fragmented across EU Member States and should be "Europeanized" to pave the way towards an efficiently organized European power system, which rest on the internal market for energy and a pan-European super-grid. Howev-er, this view neglects i) the factual heterogeneity of European energy policies in terms of harmonization and centralization, ii) economic arguments in favor of decentralization and iii) legal as well as political-economic obstacles against centralization of decision making. In this vein, we point out that a plea for a stronger role of the EU needs to be made with care and differentiation.... view less
Keywords
EU; energy policy; Europeanization; harmonization; centralization; climate policy; climate protection; political economy
Classification
Ecology, Environment
European Politics
Special areas of Departmental Policy
Free Keywords
fiscal federalism
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
City
Leipzig
Page/Pages
19 p.
Series
UFZ Discussion Papers, 17/2014
ISSN
1436-140X
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike