“Public institutions are much better positioned to address the urgency of climate change while also protecting workers” - inspiring intervention by Vera Weghmann, from the University of Greenwich
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“A wholistic approach to public ownership would be best: transmission, distribution, supply and generation of green and not so green energy” - Vera Weghmann

“In Austria, most energy companies are in public hands, but they behave like private companies”, Angela Fister, from @oegb_eu , the Austrian Trade Union Confederation

“Public control will allow to stop the massive public subsidies to the private sector.Nationalising means changing the system - take democratic control over investment and prices. Nationalising is a struggle that is underway”, Mathieu Strale from the Parti des Travailleurs Belges

Mathieu Strale: “In 20yrs, Engie made €15bn just on Belgian electricity market, 7x the value of infrastructure. So if we need to take it back, then we won’t pay it again! We’ve already done so”

Public electricity campaign ideas on EU electricity market reform:
👉right to clean energy
👉price setting wholesale markets
👉control prices
👉democratic public-owned energy companies (for workers and consumers)
👉fighting market power

Some food for thought!
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