Energy: “imminent” risk for the survival of “thousands” of companies, according to European employers

The high prices of gas and electricity pose an "

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In a letter addressed to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the employers' association calls in particular for a relaxation of the framework for State aid to companies in difficulty, an emergency decoupling of electricity prices from those gas as well as the mobilization of all available means of electricity production.