05/11/2021 (Agence Europe) – According to the latest figures from Eurostat - the statistical office of the European Union - published on Friday 5 November, 8% of the EU’s inhabitants said they were not be able to heat their homes adequately in 2020. The situation is particularly problematic in Bulgaria, where the percentage rises to 27%, followed by Lithuania (23%), Cyprus (21%), Portugal and Greece (both 17%). The level of people who said they could not afford to heat enough in 2020 is also high in Italy (11.1%), Spain (10.9%), Romania (10%) and Germany (9%). In contrast, the rate is very low in Austria (1.5%) and Finland (1.8%). See Eurostat data: https://bit.ly/2ZVbb6k (DG)