ES energetikos politika ir Lietuvos energetinis saugumas ; EU energy policy and Lithuania's energy security

Abstract

The aim of the thesis is to reveal the significance of energy policy and energy security of EU and Lithuania. The first chapter presents the concept of energy policy, energy security and threats to it. The second chapter discusses the influence of NATO and the EU on energy policies and energy securities of other countries. The third chapter discusses Lithuania's energy policy, the attitude of the country's political parties towards the increase in energy security, reasons for Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant project failure and the threat of the Astravets Nuclear Power Plant to country's security. The following conclusion can be drawn – at the moment one of the main EU goals indeed is to ensure energy safety and form a joint energy policy of State Members, while the relevance of energy security in Lithuania is in many cases determined by Russia's energy policy, therefore it can be stated that the defensive statements have been confirmed.