Conceptualizing EU Energy Security Through an EU Constitutional Law Perspective

1226 II. ENERGY AND THE EU: FACTS AND FIGURES PUT INTO CONTEXT 1233 A. Energy Consumption in the EU 1233 B. Energy Production in the EU 1238 C. Energy Pricing in the EU 1239 D. Overall Energy Challenges in the EU 1240 III. LEGAL ASPECTS OF EU ENERGY POLICY 1242 A. Debate on Competences in Energy Policy 1243 B. Energy and the Treaty of Lisbon 1249 C. Challenges Towards Achieving a Common EU Energy Security Policy 1252 IV. DIVERSITY OF EU ENERGY POLICY 1256 A. Types of EU Energy Policy 1257 B. Factors Affecting EU Energy Policy 1261 V. GEOSTRATEGIC CONTEXT IN RELATION TO THE NEXUS OF EU AND ENERGY SECURITY 1266 A. Nexus of EU Energy Policy and Foreign Policy 1268 B. Rise in Shale Gas Extraction and its Effect on EU Energy Security 1276