EU's International Energy Security Policy since the End of the Cold War: Origins and Development
Article from: OGEL 4 (2006), in Security of Energy Supply
Introduction
In December 1990 the European Council in Rome adopted special conclusions for the Soviet Union. Initially they provided more than 400 Million ECU for a wide-ranging aid package which was later labelled Technical Assistance Programme for the Commonwealth of Independent States (TACIS). The issue area of energy figures prominently in the programme. The problem of security of energy supply in relation with the Soviet Union (later Russia), a country rich in hydrocarbons, played an important role therein. Most countries of Western Europe were and still are to a great ...