European Union Alliance: Million employees cannot afford energy bills

Overseas Network, September 7th. On the 6th local time, the European Union Alliance (CES) warned in a statement that the price of electricity and natural gas continued to rise, causing the EU ’s million population to pay energy bills.

According to Agence France -Presse, the European Union Alliance calls on the EU governments to stop unsustainable energy prices. The alliance quoted a study at the European Union Research Institute that the annual inflation rate of the euro zone soared to 9.1%of the record in August, and about 9.5 million staff members had difficulty in paying the energy account order. From July 2021 to July 2022, the cost of natural gas and power of the entire EU increased by 38%, and it continued to grow. Therefore, in 16 EU member states including France, the staff who earn the minimum salary must spend a month or even more wages in order to maintain lighting and heating at home. In 2021, only 8 of the 27 members of the EU were like this.

The European Union Alliance stated that in 2022, Estonia staff must pay 26 days more than 2021 to pay the annual energy bills. Dutch staff must work 20 days to work more. In Slovakia, Greece, Czech Republic and Italy, the staff must work more Monthly can cope with annual energy expenditure. Ester Link, Deputy Secretary -General of the European Union Alliance, warned in a statement that "when the annual energy bills cost more than one month, there is no way to save money. Today, (energy bills) are millions of million to millions People can no longer pay. "

Therefore, the European Union Alliance called on the EU governments to "stop the sustainable price rise" on energy issues. The European Union Alliance also requires raising wages, especially the minimum wages, and calls on EU member states to set the upper limit of energy bills. (Overseas Network-Paris-Lu Jia)

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