Integrating Ukraine and Moldova in EU’s energy security plans

Vulnerability in the EU’s internal energy market has been made starker since the Russia-Ukraine crisis, highlighting specifically the importance of upstream energy linkages. March 2014 saw the European Council calling for a comprehensive plan to reduce the EU’s energy dependence. The European Commission responded to this call with a communication on Energy Security published on 28 May 2014, in time for another European Council at the end of June 2014, at which a decision was anticipated.