While they welcomed the European Commission’s toolbox aiming to help Member States mitigate the negative impact of soaring energy prices on households and businesses, members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) lamented that the institution had not gone further in these proposals during a debate with Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson on Thursday, 14 October.
Lack of ambition
The coordinator for the EPP group, Maria Carvalho (Portugal)...