Gas er blevet et middel til at udøve politisk pres, så en af den europæiske naboskabspolitiks prioriteringer må være at deltage i en dialog om energi med tredjelande og blive involveret i planlægningen af de transeuropæiske energinet.
Gas has become a means of exerting political pressure, so one of the priorities for European neighbourhood policy has to be to participate in a dialogue on energy with third countries, and become involved in the organisation of trans-European energy networks.