The Energy Charter Treaty`s Failure? The Different Perceptions of Energy Security: within the European Union and beyond its Borders
The Energy Charter Treaty`s Failure? The Different Perceptions of Energy Security: within the European Union and beyond its Borders

Summary/Abstract: The European Coal and Steel Community was one solution to warrant the peace among the European Countries considering that the security should be warranted through a common policy over the energetic resources. However, ever since the integration process became deeper and bigger, the energy needs have changed also the energy mix, which the oil and gas became as, or more, important than coal. Another factor to be mentioned is the asymmetry, concerning the energy resources and the infrastructure that have promoted a high interdependence among suppliers, transit and consumer countries. Thus, the facts analysed in this essay provides an overview about the Russia`s external policy and how it interfere in the EU energy security. The Energy Charter Treaty was a purpose to increase the energy security in the block nevertheless the fact that Russia`s withdrew it is a threat, because not only the inefficient soft power but also the different perceptions, within the EU, of energy dependency from Russia is mining the possibilities to securitize EU interests

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