Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/256323 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comments No. 55/2014
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
In October 2014, the leaders of the 28 EU Member States in the European Council agreed upon the outline of a common strategy for energy and climate policy to 2030. Until the very end of negotiations, the agreement was subject to Poland's consent. The strategy includes quantified targets for the EU in three areas: emissions mitigation, renewable energy, and energy efficiency. At the same time, the European Council emphasized the role of national strategies in energy policy and made decisions on climate policy conditional to intergovernmental agreement. In addition, the summit extended extensive financial transfers to and exemptions for Central and Eastern European Member States. This new EU framework poses challenges for Germany's "Energiewende", the objectives of which will find considerably less support in the structures of the EU's energy and climate policy. (SWP Comments)
Document Type: 
Research Report

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