Brussels, my love: Gas price cap, and corruption scandal

The Euronews Brussels bureau brings you its eighth episode of a brand new speak present that goals to interrupt down European information and politics to make it extra accessible to viewers. 

This episode of the present is a Christmas particular that includes panellists Eric Mamer, the spokesperson for the European Fee, Eva Hrncirova, spokesperson for the Czech Everlasting Illustration to the EU, and Kelly Agathos, a Greek-American performer, host and founding father of The Schuman Present – a month-to-month comedy present about European affairs that take locations in Brussels.

The speak present was taped simply earlier than the EU establishments closed for the Christmas break and zoomed in on the truth that the six-months Czech EU presidency had simply come to an finish. 

One of many predominant achievements of the Czech Presidency was clinching a deal on a fuel worth cap after months of talks and conferences. The cap might be triggered from mid-February if some fuel costs climb over€180 per megawatt-hour throughout no less than three consecutive buying and selling days.

Kelly Agothos informed the panel although that she was undecided how the cap would influence her payments.

“Everybody round me has to pay extra for vitality and I’ve been following the deal, however I do not discover it that instantly clear how that impacts me as a shopper. What does the cap of €180 on per megawatt hour really imply for me? As a result of from what I perceive, that is extra of a market measure.”

“And I’ve requested three journalists, I’ve requested individuals from the within to attempt to perceive that. And I am not the common EU citizen. I’ve entry,” she mentioned.

Eric Lamer mentioned shoppers will solely really feel the aid subsequent Spring.

“Your present vitality invoice relies on what your suppliers paid for the fuel in final spring. So the thought right here is to ensure that the value that you’ll pay subsequent winter is proscribed, principally, due to this settlement, due to the truth that we have put collectively a joint buying platform, which implies that they’ll purchase it collectively and subsequently get a greater deal, amongst different issues,” he mentioned.

The panel additionally mirrored on the current alleged corruption scandal that stained EU establishments in Brussels and talked about what it was like to speak the work of a corporation just like the European Union.

“The problem for us is that we don’t essentially have all of the solutions, as a result of clearly a variety of the developments are going down elsewhere,” Eric Mamer informed the panel.

Kelly Agothos careworn the significance of simplifying messages.

“I believe that there is a variety of assumed data when there is a press launch,” she mentioned. “When it is on a web site that is an EU establishment web site, the knowledge that is out there may be often stuffed with jargon or it assumes some prior data or it is somewhat bit tough to search out what you are in search of.”

Watch our particular Christmas version of Brussels, my love within the video participant above.