The debate over a common European energy policy, its necessity and its establishment has been going on for a number of decades. The discussions have been recently brought back into the spotlight by the evolution of energy market fundamentals and the taking into account of environmental...

This paper aims to compare how two countries are facing the challenges of energy security of supply. Mexico, a member of NAFTA and a neighbour of the United States, has oil resources and is thinking how to answer to the increasing energy demand. France, one of the 27 member states of the...

This paper aims to compare how two countries are facing the challenges of energy security of supply. Mexico, a member of NAFTA and a neighbour of the United States, has oil resources and is thinking how to answer to the increasing energy demand. France, one of the 27 member states of the...

Le gouvernement Lula a annoncé un nouveau projet de réformes de l'industrie électrique fin 2003 bien que celles engagées par le précédent gouvernement ne soient pas achevées. Ce nouveau modèle repose sur une intervention très forte des autorités notamment en matière d'investissement...

Cet ouvrage aborde les nouveaux défis de l'énergie sous une forme régionale et globale. Ceci permet de mieux comprendre la dynamique d'un monde multipolaire. Chaque région du monde a son niveau de développement économique, sa vulnérabilité au réchauffement climatique. Cette opposition...

Energy has always been a central issue for the European construction. The current international development forces the Union to redefine its energy policy according to another logic : accept global interdependence and the creation of structures favoring the development, the reactivity, and the...

After a recession of historic proportions, an export-led recovery is gaining traction in Ireland. The pace of recovery, however, varies sharply across sectors. While export-oriented manufacturing and services, led by large multinationals, have reached record-high levels of output,...