Energy Policy of the EU

1. Lecture (contact teaching) - 4. 11. 2021 (14:00 - 15:40, U42)

  • First written test! (literature from 1. and 2. online sessions)

Topic: Politics and EPP - Internal market dimension 


  • Politicization and increasing ambitious of the European Commission, impacts on the balance of power between EU´s institutions
  • Protectionism vs. liberalism, "East" vs. "West" as the main cleavages in the European Council 
  • A changing nature of the European Parliament, Euroscepticism and populism and their impact on the project of internal market

Mandatory literature: 

  • Nugent, N., Rhinard, M., (2019) The ‘political’ roles of the European Commission, Journal of European Integration, 41:2, (pages 203-220)
  • Bocquillon, P., Maltby, T., (2017). The more the merrier? Assessing the impact of enlargement on EU performance in energy and climate change policies, East European Politics, 33:1, (pages 88-105)
  • Maltby, T., (2013). European Union energy policy integration: A case of European Commission policy entrepreneurship and increasing supranationalism, Energy Policy, 55:100, (pages 435-444)