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Nord Stream II – Garant för Europas energi eller en trojansk häst?

Hegardt, Hugo LU (2019) STVK02 20191
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This paper discusses primarily the schism between the European Commission and Berlin around the controversial pipeline Nord Stream II. The paper both analyses German and the European Union’s argument about Natural Gas in a somewhat general sense and in respect to Russia in particular. The paper also tries to bring clarity into why Europe is so indecisive when it comes to energy policies and argues that the schism between Brussels and Berlin has to be seen through the context of historical relations with Moscow. Another important matter to stress is that the conflict between Germany and Brussels over Nord Stream II has become a focal point for a much bigger topic – the discussion on what political areas the union should control and what... (More)
This paper discusses primarily the schism between the European Commission and Berlin around the controversial pipeline Nord Stream II. The paper both analyses German and the European Union’s argument about Natural Gas in a somewhat general sense and in respect to Russia in particular. The paper also tries to bring clarity into why Europe is so indecisive when it comes to energy policies and argues that the schism between Brussels and Berlin has to be seen through the context of historical relations with Moscow. Another important matter to stress is that the conflict between Germany and Brussels over Nord Stream II has become a focal point for a much bigger topic – the discussion on what political areas the union should control and what should be kept on a national level. This paper argues that both Brussels and Berlin have very different views on energy security because of different views on eastern Europe. German views on Russian natural gas is also influenced by the historically effective Ostpolitik and Berlin is a more liberal in contrast to the European Union’s relation to Russia which is more of based in realism. (Less)
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author
Hegardt, Hugo LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Energy Security, Nord Stream II, European Commission, Germany, Energy policies.
language
Swedish
id
8976092
date added to LUP
2019-09-06 09:44:07
date last changed
2019-09-06 09:44:07
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  abstract     = {{This paper discusses primarily the schism between the European Commission and Berlin around the controversial pipeline Nord Stream II. The paper both analyses German and the European Union’s argument about Natural Gas in a somewhat general sense and in respect to Russia in particular. The paper also tries to bring clarity into why Europe is so indecisive when it comes to energy policies and argues that the schism between Brussels and Berlin has to be seen through the context of historical relations with Moscow. Another important matter to stress is that the conflict between Germany and Brussels over Nord Stream II has become a focal point for a much bigger topic – the discussion on what political areas the union should control and what should be kept on a national level. This paper argues that both Brussels and Berlin have very different views on energy security because of different views on eastern Europe. German views on Russian natural gas is also influenced by the historically effective Ostpolitik and Berlin is a more liberal in contrast to the European Union’s relation to Russia which is more of based in realism.}},
  author       = {{Hegardt, Hugo}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Nord Stream II – Garant för Europas energi eller en trojansk häst?}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}