Pressure grows on 8 EU countries to slash ‘paradoxical’ power taxes
A leaked draft of the European Commission’s Affordable Energy Action Plan says EU countries “can lower electricity bills already today.”
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Budget will be key to Barnier’s survival
The French prime minister understands the scale of the emergency he’s been confronted with — and that it will determine the fate of his minority government.
French elections: Candidates’ proposals to lower energy bills hit European law
All three blocs running in French parliamentary elections are promising rebates on energy bills, with most of the envisaged measures compatible with European law but subject to certain conditions.
Sister Pledge: French nuns sell cleaning products to pay abbey bills
Sisters of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges started enterprise to cover soaring electricity costsThe sisters of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges in south-east France are prepared to move more than heaven and earth to save their mountain abbey and pay soaring electricity bil…
Clock ticking as EU tries to unblock energy taxation directive
The French electricity sector fears that the revision of the EU’s energy taxation directive will fail before the June European elections, despite a last push by the Belgian EU presidency, which is seeking to break the deadlock in the Council of the EU.