Original title:
EU a Rusko: vzájemné vztahy v oblasti energetiky
Translated title:
EU-Russia: mutual energy relations
Authors:
Bezrodná, Ksenija ; Vošta, Milan (advisor) ; Kašpar, Václav (referee) Document type: Master’s theses
Year:
2009
Language:
cze Publisher:
Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze Abstract:
[cze][eng] Postupne vycerpavani lozisek fosilních paliv v Evrope a rostouci spotreba energie vedou k tomu, ze Evropska unie se stava stale vice zavisla na dovozu palivo-energetickych surovin ze zahranici. Jde predevsim o ropu a zemni plyn, jejichz nejvetsim dodavatelem do prostoru EU je Rusko. Vysoka mira energeticke zavislosti na Rusku je zejmena v kontextu plynovych krizi chapana jako ohrozeni energeticke bezpecnosti EU, kterou je potreba neprodlene resit. Cilem energeticke politiky Evropske unie je proto dosahnout vetsi teritorialni diverzifikace dodavatelu fosilnich paliv a tranzitnich cest, rozmanite skladby vyuzivanych zdroju, posileni obnovitelnych zdroju energie a vytvoreni spolecneho energetickeho trhu, ktery zajisti solidaritu mezi clenskymi zememi. Evropska unie by se mela naucit vystupovat ve vztazich s Ruskem jako jednotny celek, coz ji muze zajistit lepsi vyjednavaci pozici a stat se suverennim partnerem v oblasti energetiky.Depleting fossil fuel reserves in EU and energy consumption growth lead to the fact that the European Union is becoming increasingly dependent on energy imports. The most important energy partner of the EU is Russia which delivers the biggest volumes of oil and natural gas to european countries. High rate of energy dependency on Russia is - especially in the context of gas crisis - perceived as a threat to EU energy security and it is necessary to deal with it immediately. The aims of the European Union policy on energy are to achieve higher territorial diversification of fossil fuel suppliers and transit countries and diversification of the EU energy mix, to promote renewable forms of energy and to establish common energy market to ensure solidarity among EU member states. European Union also should learn how to act as "one actor" and "one voice" on energy relations with Russia because that could help to ensure better negotiation position and to become a sovereign partner in mutual energy relations with Russia.
Keywords:
energy dependency; EU and Russia; EU energy policy; oil and gas; energeticka politika EU; energetická závislost; EU a Rusko; ropa a zemni plyn
Institution: University of Economics, Prague
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