On Monday, 18 October, the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union sent a document to Member States in preparation for an extraordinary meeting of EU energy ministers—to be held on 26 October—that will be dedicated to soaring energy prices.
Reiterating that the European Commission recently unveiled a “toolbox” of short- and medium-term measures that Member States could take to mitigate the negative impact of high energy prices on EU citizens and businesses as well as coordinated measures that the European Commission is thinking of taking in the medium term (see EUROPE 12811/1), the Slovenian Presidency suggests that Member States prepare their remarks for the energy ministers’ meeting based on two questions.
First, it proposes that they consider how EU-level action could “support and complement the immediate measures taken by Member States”.
Furthermore, the Presidency of the Council asks Member States to assess whether the medium-term measures proposed by the European Commission are, in their view, “sufficient to address the challenge of future energy price fluctuations” as well as propose other measures at the EU level and at the Member State level that could be envisaged.
See the Slovenian document: https://bit.ly/3jgNo6W (Original version in French by Damien Genicot)