Calls from EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell and others for people to 'turn off the heating an hour earlier' not only sound jarring and out of context — but are simply cruel (Photo: jiva)

Dial down the gas market — not people's right to energy

EU & the World

Green Economy

Opinion

by Cornelia Ernst, Marisa Matias and Sira Rego, Brussels,

The world didn't need yet another war for the European Commission to realise that the invisible hand of the market cannot solve everything.

After Putin's criminal invasion of Ukraine, the commission seems to have come to terms with Europe's problematic dependence on Russian gas.

According to official data, the EU imports 90 percent of its gas consumption, with Russia supplying around 45 percent.

With their latest set of proposals,

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Author Bio

The three authors are all Left MEPs on the European Parliament Industry Committee: Cornelia Ernst (Die Linke), Marisa Matias MEP (Bloc de Esquerda) and Sira Rego (Izquierda Unida).

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