From fossil dependence to strategic energy autonomy

This is a chapter that is part of the TEPSA Experts' Debrief Issue XVIII, written by Giulia Cretti.

'Fossil fuel dependency has emerged as one of the EU’s most critical structural weaknesses. It exposes Europe to external supply shocks and volatile energy prices, limiting its room for political manoeuvre while undermining security and industrial competitiveness. In an increasingly fragmented and unstable global order, strengthening strategic autonomy in energy has become an imperative. Strategic autonomy should not be understood as self self-sufficiency, but as the capacity to build a resilient, diversified and sustainable energy system that allows the EU to manage interdependence on its own terms.'

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