In this interview, Étienne Davignon, former Director-General for Policy in the Belgian Foreign Ministry, considers the inability of the nine Member States of the European Communities to define a common energy policy following the first oil crisis in 1973.

In this interview, Étienne Davignon, former Director-General for Policy in the Belgian Foreign Ministry and former Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Energy Agency (IEA), describes the attitudes of the various Member Countries of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) after the 1973 oil crisis.

In this interview, Étienne Davignon, former Director-General for Policy in the Belgian Foreign Ministry and former Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Energy Agency (IEA), considers the establishment of this Agency within the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) following the first oil crisis in 1973.

In this interview, Étienne Davignon, former Director-General for Policy in the Belgian Foreign Ministry and former Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Energy Agency (IEA) established within the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), considers France’s refusal to take part in the work of the IEA.