Energy
Prices, plants, grids. A bill is a policy even when it is called the weather.
A new Imperial College study puts this summer's urban heat toll at 50,391, nearly half of them over 85. The things that would have saved them are local, cheap and mostly about energy. The Commission's resilience framework, due on 28 October, offers scenarios, plans and 'risk owners'.
The ECB meets on 29 October with euro-area inflation at 3.8%, driven by energy, and national rates ranging from 2.4% to 6.1%. Rate rises cannot reopen Hormuz, and national tax choices are making the single rate even blunter.
EU energy ministers meet on 29 October to discuss EU-wide demand cuts as the Hormuz crisis drags on and gas storage sits at 74%. Before Brussels tells households to use less, it owes them an account of why Europe is still this exposed.
Parliament's centrist groups have agreed to cut the 2035 car target from 100% to an 87.5% tailpipe cut, plus green-steel credits and a 5% margin that keeps combustion cars on sale. The ban is going. The planning is not.
The Commission asked for a one-year pause to its methane import rules, admitting importers might not find enough compliant gas. The European Parliament voted for three. The real scandal is the 2024 law that assumed the world's suppliers would simply obey.
