On 6 February 1971, German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reviews Europe's energy resources and considers the policy pursued by the members of the Organisation of the Petrolium Exporting Countries (OPEC).

En juin 1971, l'Assemblée consultative du Conseil de l'Europe publie un rapport sur la situation pétrolière en Europe et sur les mesures capables d'améliorer la sécurité des approvisionnements d'énergie du continent européen.

In 1973, the cartoonist Fritz Behrendt depicts ill-equipped Western leaders being blackmailed over energy by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

On 27 March 1973, addressing the Flemish Economic Federation (VEV), Henri Simonet, Vice President of the European Commission, discusses the Nine’s energy supply problems.

On 24 July 1973, the Council of the European Communities, alarmed by the repercussions of the oil crisis which is affecting Europe, adopts a series of measures aimed at ensuring the supply of crude oil to the Nine.

On 8 October 1973, two days after the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War between Egypt and Israel, Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera expresses concern about a possible crude oil embargo imposed on Western oil-consuming countries by oil-producing Arab countries.

On 7 November 1973, with the US in the throes of the oil crisis, the US President, Richard Nixon, outlines the measures envisaged by his government with a view to guaranteeing that the US will never again have to rely on imports for its oil supplies.

On 14 December 1973, in parallel with the Copenhagen European Summit, Per Hakkerup, Danish Economics Minister, meets the Foreign Ministers from Sudan (Mansour Khaled), Tunisia (Mohammed Masmoudi), and the Arab Emirates (Adnane Al Pachachi), at the Britannia Hotel.

On 14 December 1973, the Foreign Ministers of the Nine, in attendance at the Copenhagen European Summit, meet the Arab counterparts at the Danish Parliament following their unexpected arrival in the Danish capital.

In an annex to the final declaration of the Copenhagen European Summit of 14 and 15 December 1973, the Heads of State or Government of the Nine describe their fears with regard to the energy crisis affecting the main industrialised countries of the world and adopt a series of measures aimed at resolving it.

On 25 December 1973, the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) confirms in a communiqué that it intends to continue its oil embargo and asks for the opening of international negotiations on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

At the opening of the Washington energy conference held from 11 to 13 February 1974, François-Xavier Ortoli, President of the European Commission, describes the international repercussions of the oil crisis.

On 11 February 1974, at the Washington Energy Conference, Michel Jobert, French Foreign Minister, voices his wish for international consensus on the organisation of relations between oil-importing and oil-exporting countries.

At the opening of the Washington Energy Conference, held from 11 to 13 February 1974, Walter Scheel, German Foreign Minister and President-in-Office of the Council, calls for greater international cooperation in order to resolve the energy crisis.

On 13 February 1974, at the close of the Washington Energy Conference, Michel Jobert, French Foreign Minister, reveals his doubts about the effectiveness of measures proposed by the Conference to alleviate the effects of the world oil crisis.

On 13 February 1974, the final communiqué of the Washington Energy Conference details the means envisaged by the oil-consuming countries to fight against the negative effects of the world oil crisis.

‘Bang!’ In February 1974, at the end of the Ministerial Washington Energy Conference, the cartoonist Hans Geisen takes an ironic look at the action plan adopted by the representatives of the oil-consuming countries to meet the challenges of the world oil crisis.

On 20 March 1974 in the columns of the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the cartoonist Bas portrays US President Richard Nixon's displeasure at being sidelined during the negotiations held between the Nine and the Arab leaders.

In May 1974, the monthly publication 30 jours d'Europe examines the measures considered by the European Commission to tackle the world oil crisis and to ensure energy supply to European countries.

‘The main thing is that we are united’. In 1974, the Swiss cartoonist Hans Geisen takes an ironic look at the powerlessness of Western countries to tackle the consequences of the oil crisis triggered by Arab oil-producing countries.

On 20 February 1975, the European Parliament adopts a resolution in which it condemns the lack of cooperation among the Nine with regard to a common energy poliy.

In 1975, the cartoonist Fritz Behrendt depicts the US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, in pensive mood when faced by the challenges that the world oil crisis poses.

On 29 November 1976, according to this cartoon by Bas and the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, given the slow pace of the Arab negotiations, there is no end in sight to the oil crisis in Europe.

On 3 February 1981, Fritz Behrendt, a Dutch cartoonist originally from Berlin, illustrates the consequences of the second oil shock, which has led to an increase in the price of oil by a factor of 2.7 from mid-1978 to 1981. This oil crisis results in a rise in energy costs for industrialised nations and higher prices at the pump.

On 25 October 1993, 20 years after the decision by the members of the Organisation of the petrolium exporting countries (OPEC) to drastically reduce their oil exports, the French daily newspaper Le Monde restates the economic and political reasons for this decision, which was at the origin of the first world oil crash.

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), 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.

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.