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On Wednesday, EU Commission President von der Leyen will present her plans for the coming months. Energy crisis, Ukraine, EU reform – reality dictates the big issues. We provide an outlook.
By Till Hoppe
Tarte flambée is on the menu for the week. When the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, delivers her State of the European Union address on Wednesday in the Strasbourg Parliament – in the heart of Alsace, the stronghold of tarte flambée – she will give an overview of the projects her Commission intends to tackle in the coming year.
By Claire Stam
EU legislation is dominated by energy issues because of the war in Ukraine. It starts next week with the vote in the European Parliament on two directives: the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). In October, the financing of the RePowerEU plan will be on the agenda. Several trilogues are underway.
By Claire Stam
Experts at the Commission are proposing a three-pronged emergency measure to counter high electricity prices: an electricity-saving target, skimming excess profits of non-price-setting power plants and redistributing them back to households and SMEs. In the event of a gas shortage, there could also be aid for critical industries.
By Manuel Berkel
The Bulgarian transitional government wants to resume negotiations with Gazprom, while the pro-Russian forces in the country are gaining strength in the face of inflation and the energy crisis. Bulgaria could leave the European solidarity community after the parliamentary elections in October.
By Table.Briefings
The latest turmoil on the energy exchanges has reignited the debate about caps on electricity and gas prices. EU-wide price caps modeled on those in Spain are also being discussed, according to reports from Berlin. The economist Veronika Grimm does not think this is a good idea.
By Manuel Berkel