Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000777/2025/rev.1
to the Commission
Rule 144
Afroditi Latinopoulou (PfE)
Greece has unexploited gas and oil deposits that can contribute to its energy independence and to the phasing out of the European Union’s dependence on third-party energy sources/supplies. However, the Greek Government is hampering investment, mainly through lengthy procedures, bureaucratic stumbling blocks/obstacles and delays in judicial proceedings, leading to partial withdrawals by large companies and seriously harming European energy interests in the long run.
Europe cannot ignore the chaotic changes in the global energy system. It must help create a resilient institutional and legal framework for rapidly exploiting and shaping the energy mix, under which states and their industrial infrastructure operate.
In view of the above, can the Commission answer the following:
- 1.What initiatives can it take to accelerate the path towards making use of Greek hydrocarbons in the interests of European and Greek energy security?
- 2.How does it intend to prompt the Greek Government to adopt speedier and more effective licensing and judicial reforms to make it easier to invest in the energy sector?
- 3.Given the progress made by neighbouring countries such as Cyprus, Israel and Egypt, how could the Commission support Greece so that it is not left off the Eastern Mediterranean energy map?
Submitted: 20.2.2025