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For policy change to occur, a policy window must open to allow a policy entrepreneur to connect their preferred solution to a salient problem. This chapter shows that, while a policy window did open in 2013 and 2014, it was narrower and harder for policy actors to navigate than the unambiguous opportunity for change that was present in 2007. Within this complex and unpredictable environment, none of the observed attempts at entrepreneurship were unqualified successes, despite some notable achievements.
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The group included major gas and electricity suppliers from France, Germany, Spain , Czech Republic, Finland, the Netherlands and Italy. The member from Sweden, Vattenfall, left the group in early 2014 (Crouch 2014).
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Fitch-Roy, O., Fairbrass, J. (2018). Connecting the Streams. In: Negotiating the EU’s 2030 Climate and Energy Framework. Progressive Energy Policy. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90948-6_6
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