Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002485/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Yannis Maniatis (S&D)
A recent article in the Greek press[1] presents the national measures of several Member States (Italy, Bulgaria, Germany, France) to limit energy costs in energy-intensive industries, as well as opinions from representatives of Greek industries, who are under the impression that they are not benefitting from equivalent measures from the Greek Government.
In view of this, can the Commission say:
- 1.In the last three years of the crisis (2022-2024), has it seen an increase either in the number of suspected cases of breaches of EU law by national measures in support of energy-intensive industries or in the number of notifications of national measures for adoption?
- 2.Taking into account also the Italian measure ‘Energy Release 2.0’, as well as possible Greek measures, are there recent examples of Member States implementing legal measures to support energy-intensive industries, which may not require a notification procedure to DG Competition, such as measures implementing the revised electricity market design (PPAS, CfD)?
- 3.How does it intend to address the unfair competition that the Greek energy-intensive industries say the internal market creates for them, with there being different energy prices in the various European markets as well as the inability – or even unwillingness – of national governments to design and implement effective measures to correct the phenomenon?
Submitted: 20.6.2025
- [1] https://www.kathimerini.gr/economy/563642806/i-akrivi-energeia-vythizei-tin-egchoria-viomichania/
Last updated: 1 July 2025