EU 'must' shift to renewables to end fossil fuel 'blackmail from war-driving authoritarian regimes'

German MEP Hannah Neumann warns that incoherent EU policy on Iran and energy leaves the bloc vulnerable to 'blackmail' from authoritarian regimes. | Contesto: cronaca

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• EU 'must' shift to renewables to end fossil fuel 'blackmail from war-driving authoritarian regimes'

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In a stark assessment of European security, German Member of the European Parliament Hannah Neumann has declared that the European Union must accelerate its transition to renewable energy to end what she termed "blackmail from war-driving authoritarian regimes." The warning came during an analysis of the growing geopolitical instability surrounding Iran and the EU's strategic position, where Neumann, who chairs the European Parliament's Delegation for Iran, argued that the bloc's current energy dependency creates a critical vulnerability. Neumann, a member of the Greens/EFA group, pinpointed a fundamental flaw in the EU's approach to international crises, particularly concerning Iran. "The main problem is that they don't even have a clear focus on what they are negotiating about," she stated, criticizing the lack of clarity and coherence in diplomatic efforts. From her vantage point, this ambiguity undermines the EU's strategic posture and complicates its response to regional instability, leaving it reactive rather than proactive in a fragmenting global order. The MEP's comments directly link energy policy to hard security. Her argument posits that continued reliance on fossil fuels, often imported from states with adversarial relationships or volatile domestic policies, funds and empowers regimes whose actions can destabilize international security. This dependency, she implied, translates into political leverage for these regimes, allowing them to exert pressure on European foreign policy decisions. The conflict in Ukraine has already exposed the risks of over-reliance on a single energy supplier, and Neumann suggests the lesson must be applied more broadly to other geopolitical flashpoints. Neumann's call for a rapid shift to renewables is framed not merely as an environmental or economic imperative, but as the cornerstone of future European sovereignty and safety. By developing indigenous, decentralized clean energy sources, the EU could theoretically insulate itself from external energy shocks and the political coercion that accompanies them. This strategic autonomy would, in her view, provide a more stable foundation from which to conduct foreign policy,...

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