How can the EU create an energy secure future? (Maros Sefcovic, WEF)

Energy is not a luxury or a privilege. In a modern society, it’s a necessity, sometimes an existential one. And yet, in the EU most of our energy is imported from elsewhere in the world, sometimes from regions that are unstable. As a Slovak, I will never forget the winter of 2009 when gas supply to the country was halted entirely. This is a situation we cannot afford to live with any longer. A fragile international context, combined with overdependence of some Member States on one particular source or supplier, therefore calls for reinforced efforts to reduce its dependency on particular fuels, energy suppliers and routes.

http://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/03/how-is-the-eu-dealing-with-energy-security