The Commission launched its long-anticipated Energy Union package on 25 February 2015, including a ‘Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy’.
Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission Vice-President responsible for the Energy Union said: "Today, we launch the most ambitious European energy project since the Coal and Steel Community. A project that will integrate our 28 European energy markets into one Energy Union.”
Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker stated that “This is about Europe acting together, for the long term. I want the energy that underpins our economy to be resilient, reliable, secure and growingly renewable and sustainable."