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Ensuring the energy security is currently one of the EU’s top priorities. The EU energy policy, after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, is regulated by Article 194 TFEU, which guarantees a solid legal basis for European Union actions in this area on the basis of the Community method. The European Parliament, within the scope of its Community competences, as a participant in the decision-making process, contributes to shaping the face of the EU energy policy. Furthermore, by adopting nonlegislative resolutions, the EP expresses its position on the most crucial issues included in this policy and has an indirect influence on its shape. The aim of this article is the analysis of the content of these resolutions and presentation of the EP’s opinion on the challenges facing the EU in the field of energy. It should be highlighted that the European Parliament is the EU body with a strong emphasis on a supranational approach to energy security. The European Parliament prefers the view that all Member States, in a spirit of solidarity, must take actions to guarantee the EU’s common energy security. In favour of a common, integrated European energy market, the EP puts great emphasis on the necessity to implement ambitious climate policy objectives within its framework, the key element of which is the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. 1 Artur Staszczyk, ORCID: 0000-0001-9769-8991, PhD in Politic Science, university lecturer at the Department of International Relations and European Studies of the Institute of Political Science and European Studies at Szczecin University. His research interest includes such issues as: the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy, European Neighbourhood Policy, the role of European Parliament in the formation of the EU’s external relations. 113 THE POSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Security is an area of activity of the entity that aims to ensure the survival, development and freedom to implement the interests in specific conditions by taking advantages of opportunities, taking up challenges, reducing risks and foreseeing all kinds of threats to one’s interests. The security of an entity, including individuals, social groups, states, nations, as well as international organisations, manifests in all areas of its activity (Koziej, 2011, pp. 20). Nowadays, in order to ensure the safety of an entity, the key issue is proper identification of the threats that could cause disruptions in its functioning or loss of specific values and potentials. In the new global era, these threats are often multidimensional and transnational in nature. They may also take the form of energy threats (Buczyński, 2011, pp. 55). It should be highlighted that in the contemporary world, energy supply issues are becoming of key importance for states and international organisations that define their economic development, which is the base for the stability of political and social order. The increase in demand for energy resources and fuels produced from them, as well as recurring oil and gas crises made energy security one of the most important aspects of national security, the provision of which turned out to be one of the strategic objectives of the state policy. We may define this security as the availability of energy at any time, in various forms, in sufficient quantity and at a reasonable price or payable price. It is also understood as the state of the economy which makes it possible to cover current and future consumer needs for fuels and energy in a technically and economically justifiable manner, while minimising the negative impact of the energy sector on the environment and living conditions of society. Therefore, energy security is, in general, the state’s continuing ability to maintain its functioning without major disruptions. For an international organisation, which is the European Union, it means the security of supply, which is understood as uninterrupted availability of energy products on the market, at a price acceptable to all consumers, considering the influence of actions taken on the natural environment (Kraś, 2011, pp. 36–37). Energy security, which has multidimensional nature, as it includes both political, economic and environmental conditions, is a key element of the European Union’s functioning on the international stage. It stems from the fact that this organisation is a major global consumer of fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas, which play a very crucial role in its energy balance. The constant increase in demand for

The position of the European Parliament on the European Union's Energy Security Policy