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increasing energy dependence on the EU seems unwise given its attempts to use it for political leverage: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/05/france-uk

increasing energy dependence on the EU seems unwise given its attempts to use it for political leverage: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/05/france-uk-jersey-eu-energy-supply-fishing-row-channel https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/05/france-uk-jers... the government agrees: https://news.sky.com/story/jersey-fishing-dispute-frances-sinister-threat-to-cut-power-to-island-means-channel-cable-project-should-be-scrapped-mp-says-12299117 https://news.sky.com/story/jersey-fishing-dispute-frances-si... (and has denied construction of new interconnectors to France since) Spain would definitely use an interconnector as leverage re: Gibraltar

bdauvergne 5y ago
UK which of course never used unrelated subject like fishing rights or immigration as a political leverage. \s Every country in the EU submit to the majority law, that's the idea of an union, even France or Germany do not have everything to their liking every time.
- Veen 5y ago
  Which is precisely why the UK is no longer in the EU. It no longer has to follow "majority law" and can do what is in its own best interests.
  - sofixa 5y ago
    > and can do what is in its own best interests. If it did that, it wouldn't have gotten out of the common market. The UK is way past sensible choices in its best interests, and is firmly in the "cut its nose to spite the EU".
    - blibble 5y ago
      how you leave the legal framework without exiting the "common market" (single market)? the answer is: you can't
- throwaway894345 5y ago
  The point wasn’t “the UK is better than Spain” but rather, “energy dependence on Spain is not in the UK’s best interest”.
  - bdauvergne 5y ago
    Without any argument apart "there seem to be rules to follow inside the EU" it seems unsubstantiated. A better argument would be that digging or laying 3000Km 12GW terrestrial electric line through Spain and France would be expensive and especially difficult to sell to them, even if they could benefit from the energy.
    - throwaway894345 5y ago
      It’s already been clearly substantiated: running the cable through Spain or France would give leverage to those countries regarding (among other things) territorial disputes. This has nothing to do with the EU except in the tangential sense that Spain and France are both member states.
hokkos 5y ago
you don't know what you are talking about, lots of interconnectors are planned to EU : https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-policy-and-regulation/policy-and-regulatory-programmes/interconnectors https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-policy-and-regulation/policy... Aquind cancellation is about financial stability of the developper, its russian origin, and politicals connections to the tories and also ecological interest groups lobbying on both side of the interconnector.

bdauvergne 5y ago

UK which of course never used unrelated subject like fishing rights or immigration as a political leverage. \s Every country in the EU submit to the majority law, that's the idea of an union, even France or Germany do not have everything to their liking every time.

Veen 5y ago
Which is precisely why the UK is no longer in the EU. It no longer has to follow "majority law" and can do what is in its own best interests.
- sofixa 5y ago
  > and can do what is in its own best interests. If it did that, it wouldn't have gotten out of the common market. The UK is way past sensible choices in its best interests, and is firmly in the "cut its nose to spite the EU".
  - blibble 5y ago
    how you leave the legal framework without exiting the "common market" (single market)? the answer is: you can't
throwaway894345 5y ago
The point wasn’t “the UK is better than Spain” but rather, “energy dependence on Spain is not in the UK’s best interest”.
- bdauvergne 5y ago
  Without any argument apart "there seem to be rules to follow inside the EU" it seems unsubstantiated. A better argument would be that digging or laying 3000Km 12GW terrestrial electric line through Spain and France would be expensive and especially difficult to sell to them, even if they could benefit from the energy.
  - throwaway894345 5y ago
    It’s already been clearly substantiated: running the cable through Spain or France would give leverage to those countries regarding (among other things) territorial disputes. This has nothing to do with the EU except in the tangential sense that Spain and France are both member states.

hokkos 5y ago

you don't know what you are talking about, lots of interconnectors are planned to EU : https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-policy-and-regulation/policy-and-regulatory-programmes/interconnectors https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-policy-and-regulation/policy... Aquind cancellation is about financial stability of the developper, its russian origin, and politicals connections to the tories and also ecological interest groups lobbying on both side of the interconnector.