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Since climate change and energy policies are increasingly becoming dominant issues in European policy-making, this constitutes a great opportunity for the EU to embark on a coherent internal and external strategy shift. This paper argues that there are five specific requirements to be met in this regard: Separating growth and energy consumption, restructuring the EU budget to work towards environmental goals, creating common European environmental standards, forging a unanimous energy policy within the EU, liberalizing the energy market, and promoting responsible international energy management.