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	<title>Comments on: The EU should take over the energy grid</title>
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		<title>By: James Rogers</title>
		<link>http://blog.jan-seifert.eu/the-eu-should-take-over-the-energy-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-36833</link>
		<dc:creator>James Rogers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree, absolutely. The energy grid should be under European Union control. It is a precious piece of strategic infrastructure and keeping sovereignty over it is essential for European security and prosperity. Allowing the likes of Russia to buy more European energy infrastructure is extremely dangerous and would make us increasingly dependent on the Kremlin&#039;s whims and fancies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree, absolutely. The energy grid should be under European Union control. It is a precious piece of strategic infrastructure and keeping sovereignty over it is essential for European security and prosperity. Allowing the likes of Russia to buy more European energy infrastructure is extremely dangerous and would make us increasingly dependent on the Kremlin&#8217;s whims and fancies.</p>
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		<title>By: Giacomo</title>
		<link>http://blog.jan-seifert.eu/the-eu-should-take-over-the-energy-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-36656</link>
		<dc:creator>Giacomo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think States in general must do few things but very well done, and so I do not say no to privatizing. 

However I have to admit that the idea tha some pieces of European energy could be sell to Gazprom make me feeling not too much confortable.

The problem is that if i privatize an industry and a such important one as energy one, then I cannot sell it to a foreign corporation that is controlled by a foreign State, often not so friendly (they recently talked about poiting nuclear heads toward us...), and a State that use that corporation for backing its own foreign policy.

So there is a too strong asimmetry and it is better not to leave them buying pieces of Europe. 

Anyway there is one thing which is vital. Many years of State built industries in Italy brought to an extremily radicated corruption.

The only way to avoid this to happen also with Europe is to have a very strong Eurojust and Europool. The two things must go togheter and we cannot assume States can do this alone: let&#039;s have a look to the bilions of euros of structural funds stolen in the South of Italy during the decades without producing any actual economical development (this obviously is not a reason against these kind of finaning tout court, it&#039;s enough to cite Iraland to see what a clever people can do).

If the money belong to all Europeans there must be an European police and judiciary to guard them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think States in general must do few things but very well done, and so I do not say no to privatizing. </p>
<p>However I have to admit that the idea tha some pieces of European energy could be sell to Gazprom make me feeling not too much confortable.</p>
<p>The problem is that if i privatize an industry and a such important one as energy one, then I cannot sell it to a foreign corporation that is controlled by a foreign State, often not so friendly (they recently talked about poiting nuclear heads toward us&#8230;), and a State that use that corporation for backing its own foreign policy.</p>
<p>So there is a too strong asimmetry and it is better not to leave them buying pieces of Europe. </p>
<p>Anyway there is one thing which is vital. Many years of State built industries in Italy brought to an extremily radicated corruption.</p>
<p>The only way to avoid this to happen also with Europe is to have a very strong Eurojust and Europool. The two things must go togheter and we cannot assume States can do this alone: let&#8217;s have a look to the bilions of euros of structural funds stolen in the South of Italy during the decades without producing any actual economical development (this obviously is not a reason against these kind of finaning tout court, it&#8217;s enough to cite Iraland to see what a clever people can do).</p>
<p>If the money belong to all Europeans there must be an European police and judiciary to guard them.</p>
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