The European Union's energy dependence, the strategic need to reduce it and the threats to the EU's stability caused by such fragility are well known and have been widely debated.
Dependenţa energetică a Uniunii Europene, nevoia strategică de a o reduce şi ameninţările la stabilitatea UE cauzate de o astfel de vulnerabilitate sunt bine cunoscute şi au fost amplu dezbătute.