In Europe, energy shields valued at nearly 500 billion euros

2022-09-25T19:16:50.615Z

If Germany spent the most, Croatia generated the most means, compared to its GDP. Two days before the ballot organized on Sunday to appoint his successor, Mario Draghi, outgoing President of the Council, adopted a new program of 14 billion euros to help households and businesses in the face of rising energy bills. In total, Italy has devoted 66 billion euros of public money to its tariff shield. " This places us among the countries that have spent the most in Europe ", welcomes

Two days before the ballot organized on Sunday to appoint his successor, Mario Draghi, outgoing President of the Council, adopted a new program of 14 billion euros to help households and businesses in the face of rising energy bills.

In total, Italy has devoted 66 billion euros of public money to its tariff shield.

This places us among the countries that have spent the most in Europe

", welcomes Mario Draghi.

Germany, whose government announced in September 2021 that it saw no need to intervene to counter rising gas prices, is now at the top of the EU podium in terms of anti-inflation spending energy, according to the Bruegel Institute.

This European think-tank has studied the expenditure of the countries of the Union (excluding sums distributed by Brussels) to help households and businesses cope with the surge in gas, oil and electricity prices, caused by the post-Covid recovery and then the war in Ukraine.

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Source: lefigaro

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