UNBUNDLING THE EUROPEAN ENERGY POLICY – FROM SUPRANATIONAL FRAMEWORKS TO TAILORED NATIONAL ROADMAPS IN MEMBER COUNTRIES
UNBUNDLING THE EUROPEAN ENERGY POLICY – FROM SUPRANATIONAL FRAMEWORKS TO TAILORED NATIONAL ROADMAPS IN MEMBER COUNTRIES

Summary/Abstract: Aiming to provide sustainable policy implementation frameworks, the European Union has been constantly advancing in-depth and aggregated strategies suitable for the needs existing amidst Member States. Nevertheless, the national actors continue to act in accordance with their own specific challenges; thus, on the long term, national strategies morph into different implementation roadmaps. Similar to the rest of the European policies, the European Energy Policy has been subjected to an approach akin to building a European puzzle. Starting with the Directives for Gas and Energy (initiatives modified and updated repeatedly so that they could better encompass the technological and economic progress) and leading to the European Green Deal (striving to build a more sustainable environment for the consumers and for the energy environment), the measures taken at the European level enabled more direct national efforts. Taking into consideration the aforementioned aspects, the European Green Deal, one of the latest pieces of the European energy puzzle, is likely to be subjected to different national responses and efforts: from being regarded as a generic framework to being implemented and translated in efficient and measurable national approaches. Based on a qualitative research, based on document analysis, this article aims to provide an overview of the European Green Deal’s impact (including of the possible scenarios of implementation) at the Member State level.

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