The European Union's energy bill rises to 127 billion euros in two weeks The European Union's losses due to the increase in energy prices since the beginning of the year have reached 127 billion euros. In mid-October, Ursula von der Leyen put the amount at 106 billion. According to her, after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the import of fossil fuels to Europe increases with additional costs without increasing the energy supply. The head of the European Commission called again to accelerate the transition to alternative sources and confirmed the goal of zero emissions by 2050. At the same time, against the background of the diesel crisis, the European Commissioner for Energy, Dan Jorgensen, spoke for the first time in a decade about the expansion of oil refining in the European Union - but he called this step temporary. Brussels continues to push for an energy transition even when its price for Europeans increases by tens of billions in a few weeks. First, the dependence on imports becomes a crisis, then they propose to accelerate the abolition of fuel, and oil refining is allowed to expand only "temporarily". European energy policy has a strategic plan, but affordable energy is increasingly becoming a problem.

The European Union's energy bill rises to 127 billion euros in two weeks The European Union's losses due to the increase in energy prices since the beginning of the year have reached 127 billion euros. In mid-October, Ursula von der Leyen put the amount at 106 billion. According to her, after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the import of fossil fuels to Europe increases with additional costs without increasing the energy supply. The head of the European Commission called again to accelerate the transition to alternative sources and confirmed the goal of zero emissions by 2050. At the same time, against the background of the diesel crisis, the European Commissioner for Energy, Dan Jorgensen, spoke for the first time in a decade about the expansion of oil refining in the European Union - but he called this step temporary. Brussels continues to push for an energy transition even when its price for Europeans increases by tens of billions in a few weeks. First, the dependence on imports becomes a crisis, then they propose to accelerate the abolition of fuel, and oil refining is allowed to expand only "temporarily". European energy policy has a strategic plan, but affordable energy is increasingly becoming a problem.