Monitoring the EU's extraordinary measures and resilience in the field of energy

Key points:

The EESC:

• Recommends to adopt uniform measures among the Member States to ensure a level playing-field, except in those aspects relating to essential facilities or infrastructure.
• Stresses that EU policy must reinforce its long-term vision for achieving the twin transition with a strong commitment to avoiding leaving people behind, going beyond the adoption of temporary measures to alleviate the surge in short-term energy prices.
• Believes that stable and predictable remuneration schemes for renewables must therefore be geared towards real long-term production costs and be decoupled from fossil fuel prices.
• Considers it important to accelerate the large-scale deployment of carbon-free energy sources by simplifying permitting processes to make it possible to rapidly replace dependency on third-party fossil fuels, comply with climate change commitments, and enhance competitiveness.