ABSTRACT
Economic theories dividing countries into Global South and Global North mainly elaborate on the differentiating aspects and provide the polarized approaches to their relationships especially when it comes to the issue of environmental protection. This chapter will provide an assessment to why this approach might be right, and it will shed light on alternative attitudes. It focuses on the relationship between the European Union as the representative of the Global North and the neighboring countries in the Western Balkans and Eastern European Partnership, who wish to join the European internal energy market by obtaining membership to the E.U. due to the level of their socio-economic development as the representatives of the Global South. The chapter discusses the role of the Energy Community (EnC) and its institutions as the connecting bridge of these two worlds. The main aim is to elaborate on how the differences in the Global North and Global South can be eliminated through externalizing the E.U.’s internal energy policies in the neighboring countries. It will elaborate on the role of the EnC and its institutions in achieving sustainable development and externalization of the E.U.’s energy law. It will draw special attention to the importance of the active communication of the private bodies and non-governmental organizations in the policy transitioning of the neighboring countries, while providing detailed analyses of the role of Energy Community Secretariat in the whole process.
