Download or read book Energy Policy in the European Union written by Janne Haaland Matlary and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-07-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy Policy in the European Union analyses the development of energy policy in the EU focusing in particular on the key period between 1985 and 1995 and the role of the major states - Germany, France, Italy, and Britain - and their interaction with the Commission. The role of interest groups as well as other EU actors is also covered in-depth as well as the European Energy Charter, EU policy towards the East, and the relationship between energy and the environment.