EU to target high energy prices

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : A focus on lightening taxes could, EU officials hope, divert public attention from the EU's emissions trading system (ETS), a market mechanism in buying and selling carbon credits that some have blamed for the price hikes.
50% : They stress that renewable energy sources are cheaper than fossil fuels.
47% : The EU's commissioner for industry, Thierry Breton, said in a French radio interview on Monday that "all (EU) countries will... benefit from this situation because there are a lot of taxes on energy".
42% : The European Commission has been under pressure to act on the looming crisis, even though individual EU governments are more directly responsible for their energy sources and taxation.

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