The NAFTA Region is called to build a big energy plan to ensure its economy development. One of the most important advantages of the NAFTA against other economic region like MERCOSUR, ASEAN, APEC or European Community -the first of three pillars of the European Union- is the situation to only need seat to three people to talk (Canada, U.S.A. and Mexico).

The NAFTA members are considering to shared total of 64 liquefied natural gas import terminal proposals. But no yet, talking about a nucleoelectric program like an ¨extra tool¨ to mitigate climate change challenge for all North America. However any energy plan needs to be accompanied with a better security plan, no only to the new LNG terminals, need to be a security plan thinking to the present and future North American energy assets to Protect it from all kind of enemy of the United States of America, In another hand, we can think in Mexico, with its particularly problems with the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) and The Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) they could be dangerous to the development of Mexico and its contribution to the region of North America. For above reason is a pleasure to have almost a Energy Working Group inside of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, that is a continent-level dialogue, to enhance security and economic cooperation in North America.

Could be this Security and Prosperity Partnership’s Dialogue the next step to the integration of North America?

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The European Commission is looking to improve the European Union´s Energy Security and ensures fair competition and prices. However the energy world sector is asking ¿ advance or threaten the energy security in Europe? We could wait the new energy reforms bring big implications for Europe’s energy security and its foreign policy.

Currently there are some energy battles between Europeans and Russia, for example to get the control from the energy traffic in the euroasia´s borders, the investments in Sakhalin projects, and Nabucco pipeline that across from Turkey to make available Iran´s natural gas. Europeans needs Iranian natural gas for the Nabucco pipeline (together Iran, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan, which hold the world’s largest reserves, would feed gas into the pipeline), the European Union’s most ambitious infrastructure project.

For non communitarian firms doesn’t like the new strategy set forth by the European Comisión, this energy reforms are Hypocritical Energy Stance, preferably a fair play condition with Same rules. Called reciprocity between communitarians and non communitarians. Why because ie better for the europeans have a healthy relations with its suppliers. Mutual respect!

|Manuel Torres Laveaga