Brussels, Germany, France and Italy Facing the Energy and Industrial Crises: Coordinated or Diverging Trajectories?
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Amidst soaring defense spending, higher borrowing costs, erosion of energy intensive industries, renewed energy price hikes and possibly physical shortages, the European Union and its Member States are again struggling to stabilize the European economies. Governments are tempted by uncoordinated, short-term moves while in Brussels, there is a struggle between the “more of the same” and the “scrap it largely” approaches to the transition.
Fundamental issues are at stake: the ETS reform, the Made in Europe criteria, the Grids Package and the need to build flexibility cost efficiently, the Electrification Action Plan, the growing trade deficit with China, the security of energy supplies, support to energy intensive industries, the next MFF while the deployment of hydrogen is still fragile.
This roundtable will discuss German, Italian and French approaches to the energy transitions and industry crises and their implications for Europe.
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9:00-10:00 | Energy policy making in Brussels: is there a clear and coherent plan, what are opportunities, risks and red lines?
- Viola Rocher, Managing Director, Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft (BDEW), Brussels
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10:00-11:30 | Views and developments in key Member States
- Germany: Felix Matthes, Research Coordinator, Energy & Climate Policy at the Öko-Institut – Institute for Applied Ecology in Berlin, Member of the German Hydrogen Commission
- Italy: Simona Benedittini, CEO & Founder, RACE Consulting
- France: Arthur Daemers, Head of European energy and climate policies, Ifri
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Moderation: Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, Director, Center for Energy and Climate, Ifri
Please note that the event is by invitation only. It will be held in English without translation.
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