A People-Powered Plan to Exit Europe’s Energy Price Crisis: - Tax Profits

The EU and national governments empower also failed to adequately invest in long-term structural solutions to drive down energy bills people and and carbon emissions to meet the needs of people and planet. [...] the things that matter to households and There is no excuse for the EU and national communities struggling in the face of another governments to allow colossal profits and winter of rising debts, disconnections and wealth to be accumulated when our most despair. [...] the energy they need for a dignified life We call on the EU and member states to For instance, national and regional ensure that utility provider profits cover governments should consider implementing outstanding debts of vulnerable households, agreements with energy providers, similar while preventing the transfer of costs from to what followed the implementation of vulnerable households to those. [...] In the long-term we need to see the building They often have no way to influence the of millions of truly affordable and energy choice of heating system; for example, they efficient social housing units. [...] Europe needs a massive renewables and decarbonisation of heating expansion of investment in long-term to tackle the root causes of our energy price solutions to energy poverty, and delivering crisis.