26/08/2022 (Agence Europe) – In an op-ed published in the newspaper Le Monde on Friday 26 August, three economists from the Bruegel think tank call on the European Union to “create a large market that would pool all the Member States’ as yet untapped energy sources”. The authors of the op-ed recommend making the energy market more flexible, including a temporary lowering of pollution and working time standards, as they believe that Europe will not have enough energy in the coming winter. They also call for: - the joint sourcing of gas on international markets to reduce costs and risks of division between Member States; - the reduction of energy demand, for example through regulatory tools such as speed limits or changes to temperature rules in buildings; - the establishment of a European fund to provide compensation for some difficult national decisions. See the op-ed (in French): https://aeur.eu/f/2u0 (DG)