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Slovakia’s Approach towards the Energy Union
Authors: Alexander Duleba
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This article aims to identify Slovakia’s approach towards the Energy Union initiative launched
by the European Commission in February 2015. It maps expectations voiced in Slovakia
regarding how the Energy Union could be or could not be instrumental in addr
essing main
energy challenges for Slovakia as they are identified by the Slovak government and energy
community. In addition, this article summarizes main positions of Slovakia on the most
important segments of the Energy Union proposal as they are viewed
from a Slovak
perspective, including planned measures in strengthening energy security, developing single
energy market and reviewing regulatory policy, improving energy efficiency and meeting the
EU goals in climate policy. The research findings presented
in this article are based on
analytical review of respective discourse in Slovakia, including governmental documents in the
field of energy and foreign policy.