3
Oct
2022
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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Madam President, the Council has announced a series of measures to say that it is containing energy prices. These are measures that, unsurprisingly, are far from corresponding to what is necessary, ignoring the effects of the sanctions that have aggravated already existing problems. They are temporary, limited in scope and do not touch the markets that must be defended at all costs. The profits of companies, so obscene that the European Commission already calls them superprofits, are proposed a minimum, laughable rate, crumbs so that some continue to accumulate wealth at the expense of the impoverishment of the peoples. What is needed is to intervene in price formation, set maximum prices for electricity, gas, fuels, regulate the market, regain public control of the energy sector. Measures that require others to restore purchasing power, combat impoverishment, raise the minimum wage, raise wages and social benefits above inflation, control the prices of essential goods, tax profits seriously, substantially, revert to investment in public services and national production. Here, Commissioner, are some ideas for solving the concrete problems facing the peoples today.