To eradicate energy poverty in Europe, a right to energy for all citizens should be implemented in EU legislation. This would mean prohibiting disconnections, as is already the case in some countries for water services.
The Hamburg citizens voted in a referendum for the full remunicipalisation of the energy distribution grids in the city in 2013. Now, three years after the referendum, it is time to evaluate what has been achieved so far.
Around the world, communities are fighting fossil fuel corporations, taking control of energy and finding new and more democratic ways of meeting their needs while respecting the limits of the environment. While none of these are perfect and there are still challenges to overcome, they demonstrate that there are real alternatives to corporate control of our energy systems.
Report and reflections on Transforming the Energy Sector, a one-day workshop in London on September 15th 2016, organised by Global Justice Now, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Brussels Office and Transnational Institute.
The Maghreb and EU Energy Policy EU foreign policy aims to lock North African natural gas and renewable energy into the European grid and is heavily influenced by arms and corporate interests. The priority has always been EU “energy security” and interests with a view towards convergence and more harmonisation and standardisation dictated by this…