The European Union will announce the draft proposal of the energy crisis

On the 13th local time, a number of media quoted internal news that the European Union was about to announce a draft proposal to deal with the energy crisis that might worsen this winter. 01:25

According to the proposal disclosed by many media in advance, the European Union will require oil, natural gas, coal, and related refined processing companies to participate in the "unity donation" to help European countries alleviate the energy crisis. Excessive profit calculation, the funds raised will be used to help consumers and specific industries buffer high energy prices.

"Unity Donation" is essentially a disguised huge profit tax. Previously, Germany and Italy and other countries had launched policies to levy huge profits taxes for energy companies. The European Commission believes that the profits of oil, natural gas and coal companies in 2022 will increase by 5 times year -on -year, so they have reason to ask them to "unite and donate money."

In addition, this draft will also require EU member states to reduce the current power consumption by 10%, and reduce the amount of natural gas by 15%to ensure that people from all countries are "safe for winter".

The European Commission has previously proposed that by restricting Russia's natural gas prices to reduce energy prices, this proposal has been opposed by many member states. Therefore, Russia's natural gas prices have not appeared in the draft proposal.

According to reports, the European Commission plans to officially announce the draft proposal on the 14th. The EU Energy Minister will hold an emergency meeting on the 30th of this month to discuss the draft.

Source: CCTV News

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