May-June 2011 : N°22

EDITORIAL
Laurent Ulmann, Editor-in-chief, The European Files

The security of Europe’s energy supply: continuous adaptation

• Developments in European governance and European energy policy
  Herman VAN ROMPUY, President of the European Council
• The security of Europe’s energy supply: continuous adaptation
  José Manuel BARROSO, President of the European Commission
• The necessity of ensuring the security of Europe’s energy supply
  Günther Oetinger, European Commissioner for Energy
• Security of energy supply: public and / or private responsibilities?
  Eric BESSON, French Minister in charge of Industry, Energy and Digital Economy
• The best energy is the energy we don’t consume
  Rainer Brüderle, German Minister of Economics and Technology
• Preparing the Union to cope with the new energy crisis - what strategies?
  Waldemar PAWLAK, Polish Vice-prime Minister and Minister of Economy

The international situation

• Energy, a factor of peace and prosperity in an unstable world
  Philip LOWE, Director-General DG ENERGY, European Commission
• The energy economy: industry and competitiveness
  Herbert Reul, MEP, EPP Group, Chair of the ITRE Commission
• Energy geopolitics, an assessment of the EU’s external relations
  Coby van der Linde, Director of the Clingendael International Energy Programme, Professor of Geopolitics and Energy at the University of Groningen and a member of the Dutch energy council
• Nord Stream: widening Europe’s gas supply
  Matthias Warnig, Managing Director of Nord Stream AG
• Security of supply in stormy weather – steady as she goes
  Jürgen Grosman, Chief Executive Oficer RWE AG
• How to guarantee the security of energy supply in Europe?
  Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, MEP (S&D)
• MEDGRID, an industrial initiative to develop electrical interconnections between Europe and the countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean
  André MERLIN, President of MEDGRID
• Will solidarity be there when we need it?
  Professor Lena Kolarska-Bobinska, MEP (EPP)
• Guaranteeing the security of gas supply
  Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)
• Increase the priority for scientific support in the energy field
  Dominique Ristor i, Director-General of the Joint Research Centre, European Commission
• Reflections on the energy policy
  Jean-Marie Cheval ier, Professor Paris-Dauphine University
• Energy security, a real issue for establishing European leadership
  Jean-Jacques MIRASSOU, French Senator for the Haute-Garonne and member of the Committee for the Economy, Sustainable Development and town and country Planning

What energy sources for tomorrow?

• Providing safe and secure low-carbon energy for a competitive Europe
  Anne Lauvergeon, Chief Executive Officer of AREVA
• Safe management of nuclear waste
  Bernard Bigot, High Commissioner of the CEA (Commission for Atomic and Alternative Energies)
• European energy prospects for 2030
  Pantelis Capros, Professor of Energy Economics at the National Technical University of Athens
• Electricity: facing the challenge of the right mix
  Fulvio Conti, Chief Eexecutive Officer ENEL
• Energy infrastructures: does the European Union have the means to fulfil its ambitions?
  Françoise Grosetête, MEP (EPP)
• What investments in infrastructure?
  Lord John MOGG, President, Council of European Energy Regulators – CEER
• If a new energy policy is the answer - what is the question?
  Bendt Bendtsen, MEP (EPP)
• Shaping the future of gas transmission
  Philippe Boucly , General Director of GRTgaz
• The role of transmission system operators (TSOs) for secure and reliable electricity supply
  Daniel DOBBENI, President of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E)
• Energy security: a two way street
  Abdalla S. El-Badri, OPEC Secretary General
• Energy savings: a new political impetus is possible
  Yannick Jadot, MEP, Europe Ecologie - The Greens, EFA at the European Parliament
• Securing access to oil and oil products
  Isabelle MULLER, Secretary General of EUROPIA (European Petroleum Industry Association)
• Industrial Consumers need an effective energy policy
  David Gillet, Director of Coordination, IFIEC Europe