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Jacek Saryusz-Wolski
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski is Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament.
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Energy Disarmament
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski and Charles Tannock Series: Europe at Home and Abroad 2009-02-04Using oil or gas as a diplomatic weapon is easier said than done, as Middle Eastern producers learned in the 1970's. For that very reason, this year’s renewal of the Russia-Ukraine gas dispute, and the resulting cut-off of supplies to much of the European Union, should concentrate minds on the EU’s need to disarm those who would use the energy weapon.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 17935
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Securing Europe’s Energy Future
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski Series: Europe at Home and Abroad 2007-10-04Today’s preference for individual EU members to act unilaterally on energy must be replaced by a common energy policy based on solidarity among member states and unity in defending EU interests vis-à-vis external partners. After all, given that such solidarity is what allowed Europe to prosper and integrate over the past 50 years, why abandon a winning formula?... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 16583
