MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Follow-up on the European Council’s call for long-term investment planning on interconnecting the EU energy market – E-001304/2025

Question for written answer  E-001304/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Bruno Gonçalves (S&D), Bruno Tobback (S&D), Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (S&D), Giorgio Gori (S&D), Daniel Attard (S&D), Elena Sancho Murillo (S&D), Nicolás González Casares (S&D), Yannis Maniatis (S&D)

On 20 March 2025, the European Council called for urgent action to build a genuine energy union before 2030, including ‘cross-border and Union-wide long-term investment planning, with a view to fully integrate and interconnect the EU energy market’.

Taking this into consideration:

• 1.What are the main obstacles hindering the achievement of EU interconnection targets?
• 2.What concrete steps is the Commission already taking to accelerate investment in cross-border interconnections?
• 3.Given the urgency highlighted by the European Council, will the Commission propose a new fund for interconnection development, or will we have to wait for the new multiannual financial framework (starting in 2028)?

Submitted: 27.3.2025