Andreas Raspotnik is a senior fellow at the Arctic Institute (TAI) and TAI’s analyst on E.U. Arctic Policy, and also a correspondent for High North News. https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/andreas-raspotnik/rss en Environment Geopolitics & Security Governance Fri, 18 Nov 2016 05:00:25 +0000 Andreas Raspotnik https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/11/18/the-european-parliament-has-not-forgotten-the-arctic https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/11/18/the-european-parliament-has-not-forgotten-the-arctic This year, 2016, could very well go down in history as the European Union’s “Arctic Year,” with the various institutions launching several Arctic policy statements, writes Andreas Raspotnik in this commentary.