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This chapter embeds the Energy Union debate in the broader context of European Union (EU) policy paradigms, and explores how the EU went from focusing on the commercialization of energy policy to the securitization of energy policy. It traces EU (grand) strategies in energy, assesses to what extent the Energy Union entails veritably new policy approaches, and explores whether it represents a mere attempt to rebrand existing policies. The chapter does so by comprehensively assessing relevant recent policy documents and proposals as recently tabled. The chapter tentatively argues that the Energy Union reveals new rhetoric as well as elements of a paradigm shift, but that much will depend on the European Commission’s ability and readiness to materially move from the long existing paradigm of market liberalization toward a securitization agenda.
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Boersma, T., Goldthau, A. (2017). Wither the EU’s Market Making Project in Energy: From Liberalization to Securitization?. In: Andersen, S., Goldthau, A., Sitter, N. (eds) Energy Union. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59104-3_6
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