Next week, elections to the European Parliament will take place all over Europe. What stance do the different parties take on the issue of energy and could a further integration of the energy market based on support for renewables and energy efficiency help to reinvigorate the European project? Grace Murray and Heike Leberle report from Brussels. Between May 22 and 25 over 500 million Europeans are able to cast their vote and decide which candidates to send to the European Parliament. More than 13 parties have launched their respective election campaigns. Recent developments such as the crisis in the Ukraine, and high energy prices across Europe make energy policy take a prominent position in the EU elections campaigns. So how important is energy for the different political groups? Below is an infographic which summarises how often the word “energy” features in the election manifestos of the various political parties in Europe. Of course this infographic is not an in-depth analysis of the energy policies of the different parties, however it does give us an indication … Continue reading The role of energy policy in the upcoming European Elections