Conclusion: Liberal Mercantilism?
Journal: Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
Year: 2016

The point of departure for this book was the role in EU external policy that the Commission has gradually acquired as the manager of the EU’s regulatory state. In this capacity, the Commission’s mandate is narrow, and its toolbox is limited. However, within the parameters that the single market rules constitute, the EU can and does act in a unified, cohesive and comparatively effective way. Recent developments in international energy markets have highlighted asymmetries in the way that the EU (a