EurActiv: EU adviser: Energy Union should take 'holistic approach'

Europe's energy policy is no longer based on a difficult balance between competitiveness, sustainability and security of supply. It has now become a holistic project which includes all these dimensions in a multi-disciplinary approach, argues Jean-Arnold Vinois.

Jean-Arnold Vinois is adviser on European Energy Policy at Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute. He is honorary director of the European Commission - Directorate General for Energy, and he continues to act occasionally for DG Energy to promote the internal market for energy and related initiatives. Since 1 April 2013, he has acted as special adviser to Günther H. Oettinger, the Commissioner responsible for energy.

Vinois retired from the Commission on 1 January 2013. In his last position, he was acting director for the internal energy market in the Commission's Energy Directorate General.
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