The new Affordable Energy Action Plan poses a difficult puzzle to EU policymakers. With Europeans struggling to pay energy bills, a rising scarcity of affordable housing, and the challenges posed by electrification, improved energy efficiency in buildings could be the missing piece.
As Germany prepares to tighten its border regime, its existing controls have not done much good for Europe, the interior minister of neighbouring Luxembourg told Euractiv in an interview.
The Commission's new strategy says little about how to support the doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers expected to carry Europe through the next crisis.
"Shocking" cases include "one large research institute" that was classified as an NGO even though it was "composed solely of government representatives," Laima Andrikienė told reporters.