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EUは主権と安全保障を強化するため、エネルギー外交を強化

-- 欧州理事会は火曜日に承認した結論の中で、エネルギーと気候変動に関する外交の新たな枠組みを承認し、世界的なクリーンエネルギーへの移行を欧州の安全保障、競争力、戦略的自律性の中心的な要素として位置づけた。 理事会は、クリーンエネルギーへの移行を推進することで、変動の激しい化石燃料輸入への依存度を低減し、EUの経済安全保障、戦略的自律性、そして強靭性を強化すると述べた。 理事会は、エネルギー安全保障上のリスクと気候変動の影響拡大がEUの主権に対する「存亡の危機」をもたらすと警告するとともに、ウクライナ戦争と中東紛争を、化石燃料サプライチェーンへの依存によって生じる脆弱性の証拠として挙げた。 理事会は結論の中で、「EUの安全保障、競争力、そして戦略的自律性は、化石燃料への依存を断ち切ることを可能にするクリーンエネルギーへの移行にかかっている」と述べた。 閣僚らは、「EUのエネルギー・気候外交:主権の強化と世界的なクリーンエネルギー移行の推進」と題する枠組みを承認した。この枠組みは、EUのエネルギー・気候政策に関する国際的な取り組みの戦略的指針を示すものである。 理事会はまた、欧州委員会とEU外務・安全保障政策上級代表による「EUグローバル気候・エネルギービジョン」に関する共同声明を歓迎した。この声明は、クリーンエネルギー技術に関する国際協力の深化に向けた優先事項を概説している。 EUは、世界的なエネルギー移行と気候変動への耐性強化を支援するため、パートナーシップの構築を継続していくと表明した。

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