Dreamy and timid: is it anything more than hot air?

The Energy Policy for Europe drawn up by the European Commission is an extraordinary document: dreamily ambitious where it should be cautious; timid where it should have been bold; and evasive in confronting countries’ reluctance to allow competition.

The timing at least is perfect: the fight that Russia has picked a fight with Belarus has reminded Europe of the need for energy security, even if slumping oil prices, in an exceptionally warm winter, are calming anxieties about cost.

It is the means, inevitably, that are more questionable.
The Times