MEPs, particularly those from countries neighbouring the conflict, expressed their concern when the draft opinion on the energy taxation directive was presented to the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) on Thursday 3 March. At the outset of his presentation, Robert Hajšel (S&D, Slovakia), rapporteur, recalled the urgency of the situation: “We will have to work on decreasing and containing the instabilities that are clearly threatening the Europe...