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October European Council to make decisions on response to fuel crisis
The European Council, meeting in October, is set to coordinate a response to the ongoing fuel crisis. The Portuguese Minister of Environment and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho, highlighted that the current lack of coordination allows some member states to provide disproportionately larger subsidies to their industrial sectors, creating an uneven playing field.
Why it matters
While this is currently a high-level policy debate, any EU-wide agreement on fuel subsidies could eventually influence energy costs or state support available to residents and businesses in Portugal.PúblicoRead original ↗
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