The EU Commission has recognized the explosive mix that is brewing when electricity, petrol and gas prices skyrocket and Europe is to become greener at the same time. How she wants to defuse the situation.
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Björn Finke, Brussels
If something is broken, you pull out the toolbox and hopefully solve the problem. EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson will also present a kind of toolbox in Brussels this Wednesday. This is what the authority calls its compilation of recommendations on how member states should react to the rapidly increasing prices for gas, petrol and electricity. But it is already clear that this tool kit cannot solve the problem in the short term. However, the Commission must not ignore the issue either. The debate about the social consequences of expensive energy could endanger the EU’s ambitious climate protection program and fuel disputes over the right energy mix. An overview.