Until now, the geopolitical dimension of European energy security has been so neglected as to endanger the Union’s future. With China seeking to secure exclusive access to energy resources in Africa and the Russian energy giant Gazprom seeking de facto control of Western companies by investing billions of euros in them, Europe can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see approach.
到目前为止，欧洲能源安全的地缘政治部分一直被忽视以致危及到了联盟的未来。随着中国在非洲寻求得到专有的获取能源的渠道，以及俄罗斯的能源巨头俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司通过在西方国家的公司投入几十亿欧元以便实际上控制这些公司，欧洲绝对不能再采取等着瞧的态度了。欧盟必须更加积极、更加坚定并且联合起来维护它和它的成员国的能源利益。