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Energy cooperation under the aegis of the Weimar triangle : springboard for a common european energy policy / Andoura Sami.  Genshagen Foundation, 30 p. Genshagener Papiere N°3, Dec. 2010.http://www.robert-schuman.eu/doc/actualites/genshagener-papiere-3-sami-andoura.pdfRésumé Genshagen Foundation : In light of the renewed interest among the political leadership in the  three countries, energy and sustainable development offer a highly  visible and attractive opportunity to relaunch cooperation within the  Weimar Triangle. The diversity of national strategies within the EU27  makes the emergence of a truly European common energy policy difficult.  Issues in energy policy can, however, be fully addressed only if action  is undertaken collectively.Germany, France and Poland manifest huge differences in terms of energy  choices, industrial landscape, technological structures, institutions,  regulatory practice and, above all, energy mixes. A rapprochement  between their respective national positions through the Weimar platform  could pave the way for enhanced cooperation between EU countries in the  field of energy, and should, above all, help to foster a common European  energy policy. Furthermore the Weimar Triangle could serve as a  mediation forum between the partners in order to preempt and settle  differences before they turn into crises which affect the EU as a whole.Through ad hoc projects, transnational, interregional and  intergovernmental cooperation, collaboration between Germany, Poland and  France should focus on three main issues, collective research, regional  networks and a common approach to external energy supply. Given the  wide range of instruments available to Germany, France and Poland, a  pragmatic and results-oriented approach, focused on concrete projects  would lead to decisive changes. (© Genshagen Foundation)