Toward a hydrogen import strategy for Germany and the EU: Priorities, countries, and multilateral frameworks

Funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, the project uses a variety of technological, economic, and political lenses to explore how hydrogen contributes to the re-drawing of the geography of energy trade and shifting relations between traditional fossil fuel exporters, newly emerg- ing hydrogen producers, and continual import markets like Germany and the EU. [...] 13 These principles include democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the UN Charter. [...] Because the countries are among the EU’s closest allies and have a longstanding record of predictability and stability, they come with hardly any risk; the same applies to the respective trade routes from Norway and Canada to Ger- many and the EU. [...] Communication from the Commission to the European Par- liament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the committee of the Regions. [...] Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the European Hydrogen Bank.