Von Der Leyen Points to Energy as the Main Burden on EU Competitiveness

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What happened? Ursula von der Leyen pointed out in Paris that energy costs are the main burden on the EU’s competitiveness and has urged lower electricity. Who is behind it? The President of the European Commission, in front of the French employer MEDEF, with a speech setting the industrial agenda in Brussels. What impact does it have? If Brussels drives the fiscal matching between electricity and gas, the Spanish industry could reduce costs, bu…

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The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the cost of energy has become the main brake on the competitiveness and independence of the European Union, where prices remain "two or three times higher" than in the United States and China, she said. "Energy is today the main factor limiting our competitiveness and independence," said Von der Leyen during a speech at the French Employers' Meeting (Ref), organized by the…

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At the Medef's re-entry event, the President of the European Commission informed French entrepreneurs about Europe's policy guidelines for the next few years.