Nicosia (Cyprus), Apr. 24 (LaPresse) – “It must be considered that overall energy supply, made up for one third of electricity, accounts for 25% of our final energy consumption, that is 25% less than, for example, the United States or China. This situation must change and will change. For this reason, we will accelerate the electrification of our Union. By the summer we will present the action plan for electrification with an ambitious start, because the overall message of yesterday was: much more clean and sustainable energy.” This was stated by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at the press conference at the end of the informal European Council in Nicosia, Cyprus. “It is not only about affordability, but also about security and economic independence. Moving to our Competitiveness Agenda, just this morning, in my capacity as President of the European Commission, I signed the roadmap for a single Europe, finally with a precise date,” she added. “Now the conflict is tangible. Let me give you a figure: since the beginning our bill for fossil fuels has increased by more than 25 billion without a single molecule of energy changing. This must be very clear. We must reduce our excessive dependence on fossil fuels, because they rightly make us vulnerable, and we must strengthen our energy sources at affordable prices,” von der Leyen concluded.
EU, von der Leyen: “Action plan for electrification by summer”
Nicosia (Cyprus), Apr. 24 (LaPresse) – “It must be considered that overall energy supply, made up for one third of electricity, accounts for 25% of our final energy consumption, that is 25% less than, for example, the United States or China. This situation must change and will change. For this reason, we will accelerate the electrification of our Union. By the summer we will present the action plan for electrification with an ambitious start, because the overall message of yesterday was: much more clean and sustainable energy.” This was stated by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at the press conference at the end of the informal European Council in Nicosia, Cyprus. “It is not only about affordability, but also about security and economic independence. Moving to our Competitiveness Agenda, just this morning, in my capacity as President of the European Commission, I signed the roadmap for a single Europe, finally with a precise date,” she added. “Now the conflict is tangible. Let me give you a figure: since the beginning our bill for fossil fuels has increased by more than 25 billion without a single molecule of energy changing. This must be very clear. We must reduce our excessive dependence on fossil fuels, because they rightly make us vulnerable, and we must strengthen our energy sources at affordable prices,” von der Leyen concluded.
