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The European Union aims to integrate its Member States' fragmented electricity and natural gas markets into a '''single energy market''', under the pillar of economic [[competitiveness]] which is one of the three key objectives of its [[Energy Strategy]].
For this purpose, regulatory integration is needed next to '''infrastructure investments''' in order to have a reliable and integrated energy network in Europe. Financial aid for [[Trans-European Energy Networks]] has been provided since the 1990s and recently the [[Connecting Europe Facility]] has been established for this purpose. Part of this facility is the designation of priority infrastructure projects, which will receive financial as well as regulatory aid on an EU level.<ref name="EPgov">European Parliament: [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2015/518776/IPOL_STU(2015)518776_EN.pdf EU Energy Governance for the Future]</ref>
== Competitiveness policies in the European project ==
