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The book "The Nabucco Pipeline" by Peter Hofstätter offers a comprehensive analysis of the Nabucco gas pipeline project, which aims to transport natural gas from the Caspian Sea through Turkey to Austria. This project is of high priority for the European Union as it contributes to ensuring energy supply and diversifying energy sources. The author first highlights the development of energy policy within the EU and the strategies regarding natural gas. Another chapter focuses on the consumption of natural gas in various European countries and discusses the advantages of other European pipeline projects. Additionally, the financing options for the Nabucco project as well as the political aspects of energy relations with the Russian Federation and the Caspian Sea neighboring countries are addressed. Thus, the book provides a valuable overview of international relations in the field of natural gas and illustrates how Europe can further develop its energy policy.