EU: ‘Measures to ensure the affordability of fuel are under consideration’

The EU Commission is assessing “what we can do to support the availability and affordability of transport fuels. This is a major concern for many citizens and has an impact on a large part of our economy”. This was stated by the EU Commissioner for Energy, Dan Jorgensen, at a press conference following the informal Energy Council meeting in Dublin. In the face of the energy crisis fuelled by the crisis in the Middle East, “support measures are needed” for the “sectors of our society and economy most affected”, but these must be “temporary and well-targeted”, added the EU Energy Commissioner, urging governments “to make use of the fiscal flexibility we have provided for investments in clean energy”. Fiscal resources “are limited, and we should not waste public money on measures that prove counterproductive in an energy crisis linked to fossil fuels”, he explained. (ANSA).

“Months after the start of the conflict in Iran”, in Europe “we are still facing an energy price crisis. Little progress has been made regarding the Strait of Hormuz, the global geopolitical situation remains extremely turbulent and, as a result, prices continue to be highly volatile”, explained Jorgensen at a press conference, reiterating that “we do not see any immediate risk to Europe’s energy supply” but “when so many European citizens are struggling to pay their bills and workers are commuting to work by car every day, paying such high prices at the pump, it is clear that we are not in a good position”.