Letter on alternative solutions to fuel tax cuts sent by 24 NGOs
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
On 31 March 2022, I sent a letter signed by 24 civil society organisations (CSOs) to Ms Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission; Mr Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal; Ms Mairead McGuinness, Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union; Mr. Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Economy; Ms. Kadri Simson, Commissioner for Energy; and Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries. In the letter, CSOs asked the Commission to promote immediately alternative solutions to tax cuts and price caps that avoid supporting further fossil-fuel use and engage with the Member States that have recently increased fossil fuel subsidies (introduced price caps, reduced excise duty on fuel, etc.) urging them to set a clear short-term deadline for ending these measures, and specifying that these are emergency, temporary measures. The CSOs also noted that avoided tax cuts will also ensure more public money is available that can be useful to compensate vulnerable households.
The CSOs also asked the Commission to initiate the introduction of a tariff on Russian oil imports. EU countries could raise €27 billion this year from an import tariff of $25 a barrel on Russian oil. Russia’s oil industry would have to absorb the cost as they have no alternatives to selling on the European market in the short term. Furthermore, the CSOs suggested that the Commission should ask Member States to start a wide-scale awareness-raising campaign without delay on energy savings and energy sufficiency, informing people about the enormous drawbacks of fossil fuel subsidies and asking drivers and companies to use their motor vehicles only if it is absolutely necessary until Putin ends its aggression against Ukraine.
Unfortunately, we have received no reply from the Commission. Therefore, I am turning to the Commission through the “Ask the EU” to receive a reply as soon as possible.
The full letter of CSOs to the Commission is accessible here: https://eeb.org/library/joint-letter-alt...
Yours faithfully,
András Lukács
President
Clean Air Action Group (www.levego.hu)
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