Towards Energy Union: The Commission presents sustainable energy security package

EU News 54/2016

Brussels, 16 February 2016

The Commission today unveiled a package of energy security measures to equip the EU for global energy transition to address possible energy supply interruptions. Energy security dimension is one of the cornerstones of the Energy Union strategy, a key political priority of the Juncker Commission.

The package sets out a wide range of measures to strengthen the EU's resilience to gas supply disruptions. These measures include moderating energy demand, increasing energy production in Europe (including from renewables), further developing a well-functioning and fully integrated internal energy market, as well as diversification of energy sources, suppliers and routes. Further, the proposals bring more transparency to the European energy market and create more solidarity between the Member States.

Today's energy security package is presented in the light of the new global and universal agreement on climate change, adopted by world leaders on 12 December 2015 in Paris. The Paris agreement sent a strong signal to businesses and policy-makers placing clean energy on an irreversible pathway and setting the scene for a global energy transition.

Source and additional information:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-307_en.htm?locale=en

Maroš Šefčovič & Miguel Arias Cañete Date: 16/02/2016 Reference: P-030937/00-02 Location: Brussels - EC/Berlaymont © European Union , 2016 URL

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