Obsession with targets, resistance against liberalisation

The Single Market is the greatest
achievement of the EU. In fact, without
it there would be no EU. The Energy
Union, a single market including energy, is
therefore exactly the right goal the Commission
is aspiring to! But the Commission has
also a problem: on the one hand, we want the
European internal energy market as it exists
with other goods and services, on the other
hand, we say that every Member State should
be allowed to decide on its own energy mix.
This is a contradiction that always comes up in
these discussions …