Abstract

This article aims to identify Slovakia’s approach towards the Energy Union initiative launched by the European Commission in February 2015. It maps expectations voiced in Slovakia regarding how the Energy Union could be or could not be instrumental in addressing main energy challenges for Slovakia as they are identified by the Slovak government and energy community. In addition, this article summarizes main positions of Slovakia on the most important segments of the Energy Union proposal as they are viewed from a Slovak perspective, including planned measures in strengthening energy security, developing single energy market and reviewing regulatory policy, improving energy efficiency and meeting the EU goals in climate policy. The research findings presented in this article are based on analytical review of respective discourse in Slovakia, including governmental documents in the field of energy and foreign policy.

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